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![[-- candidate gene --]](Images/Terms/candidat.gif)
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| defined: |
A gene, located in a chromosome region suspected of being involved in a disease, whose protein product suggests that it could be the disease gene in question.
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Listen to a detailed explanation.
Dr. Eric Green, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Genome Technology Branch, defines candidate gene. |
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related terms: |
chromosome, cloning, gene, positional cloning, protein | |
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