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

Panniculitis

Health care; Genetic disorders

General term for inflammation of adipose tissue, usually of the skin, characterised by reddened subcutaneous nodules.

Spermatogenesis

Health care; Genetic disorders

Process of formation of spermatozoa including spermatocytogenesis and spermiogenesis.

Autosomal recessive

Health care; Genetic disorders

Describes a trait or disorder requiring the presence of two copies of a gene mutation at a particular locus in order to express observable phenotype; specifically refers to genes on one of the 22 ...

In disorders caused by trinucleotide repeat expansions, an abnormally large allele that is not associated with clinical symptoms but that can expand into a full mutation when transmitted to offspring ...

Derivative chromosome

Health care; Genetic disorders

Term used to denote an abnormal chromosome consisting of segments from two or more chromosomes joined together as the result of a translocation, insertion, or other rearrangement.

Homologs

Health care; Genetic disorders

The two chromosomes from a particular pair, normally one inherited from the mother and one from the father, containing the same genetic loci in the same order.