Genetic disorders

Genetic disorders

Genetic diseases, syndromes, or conditions caused by genetic variations and abnormalities in genes or chromosomes.

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Genetic disorders

Penetrance

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) The proportion of individuals with a mutation causing a particular disorder who exhibit clinical symptoms of that disorder; a condition (most commonly inherited in an autosomal dominant manner) is ...

Translation

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1) The process of forming a protein molecule at a ribosomal site of protein synthesis from information contained in messenger RNA. 2) The process of turning instructions from mRNA, base by base, into ...

Gene transcription

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) The process of copying information from DNA into new strands of messenger RNA (mRNA). The mRNA then carries this information to the cytoplasm, where it serves as the blueprint for the manufacture ...

DNA hybridization

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) The process of joining two complementary strands of DNA or one each of DNA and RNA to form a double- stranded molecule. 2) Hybridization is the process of combining two complementary ...

Mitosis

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) The process of division of somatic cells in which each daughter cell receives the same amount of DNA as the parent cell. 2) The process of nuclear division in cells that produces daughter cells ...

M phase

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Hemostatic function

Health care; Genetic disorders

1) The process which spontaneously arrests the flow of blood from vessels carrying blood under pressure. It is accomplished by contraction of the vessels, adhesion and aggregation of formed blood ...