Science / Genetics / Affected Relative Pair: Individuals related by blood, each of whom is affected with the same trait. Examples are affected sibling, cousin, and avuncular pairs. MORE
Science / Genetics / Tandem Repeat Sequences: Multiple copies of the same base sequence on a chromosome: used as markers in physical mapping. MORE
Science / Genetics / Polymerase (DNA Or RNA): Enzymes that catalyze the synthesis of nucleic acids on preexisting nucleic acid templates, assembling rna from ribonucleotides or dna from deoxyribonucleotides. MORE
Science / Genetics / Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A link between excessive alcohol consumption during pregnancy and birth defects: characteristics include small head and eyes, folds of the skin that obscure the inner juncture of the eyelids, short, u MORE
Science / Genetics / Genetic Discrimination: Prejudice against those who have or are likely to develop an inherited disorder. MORE
Science / Genetics / Independent Assortment: During meiosis each of the two copies of a gene is distributed to the germ cells independently of the distribution of other genes. MORE