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The fundamental physical and functional unit of heredity. A gene is an ordered sequence of nucleotides located in a particular position on a particular chromosome that encodes a specific functional product (i.e., a protein or RNA molecule).

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Biology; Neuroscience

Unidad hereditaria de los cromosomas. La información genética es transportada por secuencias lineales de nucleótidos en el ADN que codifican las secuencias correspondientes de los ...

gen modificador

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

A gene that can alter the expression of another gene in the phenotype of an individual.

gen estructural

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Segmento de ADN que codifica para un polipéptido que no sea un regulador.

portador

Biology; Genome

Un individuo que posee un rasgo expresado, recesiva ..

mutación

Biology; Genome

Cualquier cambio heredable en la secuencia de ADN. Ver también: polimorfismo.

ácido nucleico

Biology; Genome

A large molecule composed of nucleotide subunits. See also: DNA.

genes asociados a enfermedades

Biology; Genome

Alleles carrying particular DNA sequences associated with the presence of disease..

transformación

Biology; Genome

A process by which the genetic material carried by an individual cell is altered by incorporation of exogenous DNA into its genome..

región de oganización nucleolar

Biology; Genome

A part of the chromosome containing rRNA genes..

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