8 Terms
Contributors in Genome
Genome
Carcinogen
Biology; Genome
Something which causes cancer to occur by causing changes in a cell's DNA. See also: mutagene.
Chromosome painting
Biology; Genome
Attachment of certain fluorescent dyes to targeted parts of the chromosome. Used as a diagnositic for particular diseases, e.g. types of leukemia..
Segregation
Biology; Genome
The normal biological process whereby the two pieces of a chromosome pair are separated during meiosis and randomly distributed to the germ cells..
Locus (pl. loci)
Biology; Genome
The position on a chromosome of a gene or other chromosome marker; also, the DNA at that position. The use of locus is sometimes restricted to mean expressed DNA regions. See also: gene expression.
