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Colinearity
1. In general, the arrangement of one sequence in the same linear order as another sequence.2. In developmental genetics, the arrangement of genes on chromosomes in the same order as they are activated along the body axis during…
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- GM2-gangliosidosis, B variant This disorder known as Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) is concisely defined by OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in…
- Calefacient 1. (noun) Anything that warms. 2. (noun) A substance that produces a feeling of warmth when it is applied to…
- Lateral epicondylitis See: Tennis elbow
- Cox-2 Cyclooxygenase-2, a protein acts as an enzyme and specifically catalyzes (speeds) the production of certain…
- Prehypertension A systolic pressure of 120 to 139 mm Hg or a diastolic pressure of between 80 and 89 mm Hg. Prehypertension…
- Pulmonary syndrome, Hantavirus Exercises and treatments designed to help patients maintain and recover lung function, such as with cystic…
- Genes, breast cancer susceptibility Breast cancer susceptibility: Inherited factors that predispose to breast cancer. Put otherwise, these genes…
- Dissecting aneurysm A localized widening (dilatation) of an artery (an aneurysm) in which the wall of an artery rips (dissects)…
- Virus, positive-strand RNA See: Positive-strand RNA virus
- Electroretinogram Abbreviated ERG. An electroretinographic recording. See: Electroretinography
- Smell, inability to No sense of smell is called anosmia. It can be due to loss of the sense of smell or failure for it to…