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Genetic disorders

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

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Genetic disorders

Oxidase

Health care; Genetic disorders

Any of various enzymes that catalyse oxidations; especially: one able to react directly with molecular oxygen.

Primordium

Health care; Genetic disorders

The rudiment or commencement of a part or organ: anlage (the gonadal primordium).

Apolipoprotein A-I (Apo A1)

Health care; Genetic disorders

The major protein component of high density lipoproteins. It is instrumental in promoting efflux of cholesterol from extrahepatic tissue to the liver where it is metabolised and excreted from the ...

Cosegregation

Health care; Genetic disorders

The transmission of two or more linked genes on a chromosome to the same daughter cell leading to the inheritance by the offspring of these genes together.

Anion

Health care; Genetic disorders

The ion in an electrolyzed solution that migrates to the anode; broadly: a negatively charged ion.

Wild-type allele

Health care; Genetic disorders

The normal, as opposed to the mutant, gene or allele.

Stomach

Health care; Genetic disorders

An organ of digestion situated in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen between the termination of the oesophagus and the beginning of the duodenum.

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