9283349591 | Aneuploidy | A zygote with an abnormal number of a particular chromosome | 0 | |
9283349592 | chromosome theory of inheritance | Mendelian genes have specific loci along chromosomes | 1 | |
9283349593 | cytogenetic maps | locate genes with respect to chromosomal features | 2 | |
9283349594 | Deletion | A chromosomal fragment is lost | 3 | |
9283349595 | genetic map | An ordered list of the genetic loci along a particular chromosome. | 4 | |
9283349596 | Duplication | A deleted fragment may become attached as an extra segment to a sister chromatid | 5 | |
9283349597 | Duchenne muscular dystrophy | A human X-linked disorder with progressive weakening of the muscles and loss of coordination | 6 | |
9283349598 | Down syndrome | An aneuploid condition due to an extra chromosome 21 | 7 | |
9283349599 | Hemophilia | X-linked recessive disorder defined by the absence of one or more of the proteins required for blood clotting | 8 | |
9283349600 | Inversion | A chromosomal fragment may reattach to the original chromosome but in the reverse orientation | 9 | |
9283349601 | linkage map | genetic map based on recombination frequencies | 10 | |
9283349602 | linked genes | Genes genetically linked | 11 | |
9283349603 | map units | Distances between genes | 12 | |
9283349604 | monosomic | Cell has a 2n-1 chromosomes | 13 | |
9283349605 | Nondisjunction | Members of a chromosome pair fail to separate | 14 | |
9283349606 | parental types | Offspring with a phenotype that matches one of the parental phenotypes. | 15 | |
9283349607 | Polyploidy | An organism has more than two complete chromosome sets in all somatic cells | 16 | |
9283349608 | sex-linked gene | a gene located on a sex chromosome | 17 | |
9283349609 | Translocation | A fragment that joins a non homologous chromosome | 18 | |
9283349610 | trisomic | Cell that has 2n+1 chromosomes | 19 | |
9283349611 | wild type allele | Phenotype for a character most commonly observed in natural populations | 20 | |
9283349612 | X-linked | Genes located on the human X chromosome | 21 |
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