Search Results for: polygenic disease
Polygenic disease
Definition noun An inherited disease determined by the effects of the simultaneous action or interaction of several... Read More
Polygenic trait
Polygenic Trait Definition Polygenic trait refers to a trait that is controlled by multiple non-allelic genes. These genes... Read More
Polygenic inheritance
Polygenic inheritance refers to the kind of inheritance in which the trait is produced from the cumulative effects of many... Read More
Monogenic disease
Monogenic Disease Definition A monogenic disease is a diseased condition determined by the interaction of a single gene.... Read More
Precipitating factors
Precipitating Factor Definition Precipitating factors are factors that initiate or promote the onset of any illness,... Read More
Quantitative trait
Definition noun A trait produced by the interaction and additive effects of quantitative genes Supplement Examples of... Read More
Pleiotropy
Pleiotropy Definition When one single gene starts affecting multiple traits of living organisms, this phenomenon is known... Read More
Genetic Information and Protein Synthesis
Genetic Code Genes are sequences of DNA nucleotides that carry and transmit the information specifying amino acid sequences... Read More
Monogenic trait
Definition noun A trait produced by the effect of a gene or an allele Supplement A monogenic trait is a trait produced... Read More
Inbreeding
Inbreeding is a type of breeding or mating where closely related individuals with a common ancestor produce progenies with... Read More
Monogenic inheritance
Definition noun A form of inheritance that follows Mendel's Law of Heredity Supplement Monogenic inheritance refers to the... Read More
The Psychobiology of Hysteria
EditorialHysteria is often regarded as the archetypal psychodynamic illness. Freud carried out much of his early work on... Read More
Generation of resting membrane potential
Stephen H. WrightDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85724... Read More
Incomplete dominance
Incomplete Dominance Definition After Gregor Mendel discovered inheritance laws, the term ''incomplete dominance'' was... Read More
Law of Segregation
Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance The father of genetics, Gregor Mendel, reported his findings in 1860 that initially were... Read More