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Hemophilia carrier
A female carrying a mutant gene for hemophilia on one of her two X chromosomes and a normal allele on her other X chromosome. Hemophilia carriers have concentrations of clotting factor VIII or IX of about 50% of normal and, hence…
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Show more- RTS See Rett syndrome.
- Oligodendrocyte A type of cell in the central nervous system. The oligodendrocytes surround and insulate the long fibers (the…
- Symphysis pubis The area in the front of the pelvis where the pubic bones (the two bones of the pubis) meet
- Functional food Functional foods are 'those foods that encompass potentially healthful products including any modified food…
- Annotate In genetics, to identify the locations and the coding regions of genes in a genome and determine what those…
- Intraoral Within the mouth
- Grief Therapy for people who have unusually serious grief reactions. The goal of grief therapy is to identify and…
- Ragweed Any of a number of weedy composite herbs that produce a pollen that is a frequent cause of allergies. Of all…
- Brachial palsy See: Brachial plexus palsy
- Barbara McClintock See: McClintock, Barbara
- ITE In-the-ear. See: In-the-ear hearing aid
- DNA replication A wondrous complex process whereby the ('parent') strands of DNA in the double helix are separated and each…