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Molecular phylogenetics
The determination of the rates and patterns of change occurring in DNA and proteins in order to reconstruct the evolutionary history of genes and organisms. Two general approaches may be taken to obtain this information. In the first…
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Show more- INR Stings from large stinging insects such as bees, hornets, yellow jackets and wasps can trigger allergic…
- Otoplasty Otoplasty: Plastic surgery to reshape the outer ear.
- New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Abbreviated nvCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine spongiform…
- Intervening sequence Part of a gene that is initially transcribed from the DNA into the primary RNA transcript but then is excised…
- Familial Parkinson disease type 1 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to mutation in the…
- Angina pectoris Chest pain that is typically severe and crushing with a feeling just behind the breastbone (the sternum) of…
- HTR1A A gene on chromosome 5 that encodes a type of receptor for serotonin. See: 5-HT1A
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) The clinical research facility of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S. As a national resource…
- Syndrome, Rett See: Rett syndrome
- Pneumonia, bilateral Pneumonia in both lungs. Bilateral pulmonary inflammation. Familiarly known as double pneumonia
- AK 1. Above the knee. 2. Acanthamoeba keratitis. 3. Actinic keratosis
- Phenolphthalein A compound used as a laboratory reagent and acid-base indicator and also used in over-the-counter (OTC)…