8 Terms
Contributors in Genetics
Genetics
Mitochondrial inheritance
Biology; Genetics
Mitochondria, cytoplasmic organelles that produce the energy source ATP for most chemical reactions in the body, contain their own distinct genome; mutations in mitochondrial genes are responsible ...
Genetic predisposition
Biology; Genetics
Increased susceptibility to a particular disease due to the presence of one or more gene mutations, and/or a combination of alleles (haplotype), not necessarily abnormal, that is associated with an ...
Pulmonic stenosis
Biology; Genetics
Abnormal narrowing of the orifice between the pulmonary artery and the right ventricle; called also pulmonic stenosis.
Rima palpebrarum
Biology; Genetics
The space between the margins of the eyelids--called also rima palpebrarum.
