Guide to the
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A
adenosine deaminase deficiency (ADA)
adenovirus
Alagille syndrome
allele
amino acids
animal model
antibody
apoptosis
ataxia-telangiectasia
autosomal dominant
autosome
B
bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)
base pair
birth defect
bone marrow transplantation
BRCA1/BRCA2
C
cancer
candidate gene
carcinoma
cDNA library
cell
chromosome
cloning
codon
congenital
contig
cystic fibrosis
cytogenetic map
D
deletion
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
diabetes mellitus
diploid
DNA replication
DNA sequencing
dominant
double helix
duplication
E
electrophoresis
Ellis - van Creveld syndrome
enzyme
exon
F
familial Mediterranean fever
fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)
Fragile X syndrome
G
gene
gene amplification
gene expression
gene mapping
gene pool
gene therapy
gene transfer
genetic code (ATGC)
genetic counseling
genetic map
genetic marker
genetic screening
genome
genotype
germ line
H
haploid
haploinsufficiency
hematopoietic stem cell
hemophilia
heterozygous
highly conserved sequence
Hirschsprung's disease
homozygous
human artificial chromosome (HAC)
Human Genome Project
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Huntington's disease
hybridization
I
immunotherapy
in situ hybridization
inherited
insertion
intellectual property rights
K
knockout
L
leukemia
library
linkage
locus
LOD score
lymphocyte
M
malformation
mapping
marker
melanoma
Mendel, Johann (Gregor)
Mendelian inheritance
messenger RNA (mRNA)
metaphase
microarray technology
mitochondrial DNA
monosomy
mouse model
multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 1 (MEN1)
mutation
N
neurofibromatosis
Niemann-Pick disease, type C (NPC)
non-directiveness
Northern blot
nucleotide
nucleus
O
oligo
oncogene
P
p53
Parkinson's disease
patent
pedigree
phenotype
physical map
polydactyly
polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
polymorphism
positional cloning
primary immunodeficiency
primer
pronucleus
prostate cancer
protein
R
recessive
retrovirus
ribonucleic acid (RNA)
ribosome
risk communication
S
sequence-tagged site (STS)
severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)
sex chromosome
sex-linked
somatic cells
Southern blot
spectral karyotype (SKY)
substitution
suicide gene
syndrome
T
technology transfer
transgenic
translocation
trisomy
tumor suppressor gene
V
vector
W
Western blot
Wolfram syndrome
Y
yeast artificial chromosome (YAC)
