Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms
All Terms
232 terms in the database.
- A (to top)
- ACGT
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- Adenine
- Allele
- Amino Acids
- Ancestry-informative Markers
- Animal Model
- Antibody
- Anticodon
- Antisense
- Apoptosis
- Autism
- Autosomal Dominant
- Autosome
- B (to top)
- Bacteria
- Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC)
- Base Pair
- Bioinformatics
- Birth Defect
- BRCA1/BRCA2
- C (to top)
- Cancer
- Candidate Gene
- Carcinogen
- Carrier
- Carrier Screening
- Cell
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Membrane (Plasma Membrane)
- Centimorgan
- Centriole
- Centromere
- Centrosome
- Chromatid
- Chromatin
- Chromosome
- Cloning
- Codominance
- Codon
- Complex Disease
- Congenital
- Contig
- Copy Number Variation (CNV)
- Crossing Over
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cytogeneticist
- Cytogenetics
- Cytoplasm
- Cytosine
- D (to top)
- Deletion
- Diabetes (Diabetes Mellitus)
- Diploid
- DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA Replication
- DNA Sequencing
- Dominant
- Double Helix
- Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21)
- Duplication
- E (to top)
- Electrophoresis
- Endoplasmic Reticulum (Rough)
- Endoplasmic Reticulum (Smooth)
- Enzyme
- Epigenetics
- Epigenome
- Epistasis
- Evolution
- Exon
- F (to top)
- Family History
- Fibroblast
- First Degree Relative
- Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH)
- Founder Effect
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Frameshift Mutation
- Fraternal Twins
- G (to top)
- Gene
- Gene Amplification
- Gene Environment Interaction
- Gene Expression
- Gene Mapping
- Gene Pool
- Gene Regulation
- Gene Therapy
- Genetic Code
- Genetic Counseling
- Genetic Discrimination
- Genetic Drift
- Genetic Engineering
- Genetic Epidemiology
- Genetic Imprinting
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)
- Genetic Map
- Genetic Marker
- Genetic Screening
- Genetic Testing
- Genetic Variation
- Genome
- Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)
- Genomics
- Genotype
- Germ Line
- Golgi Body
- Guanine
- H (to top)
- Haploid
- Haplotype
- HapMap
- Hemophilia
- Heterozygous
- Histone
- Holoprosencephaly
- Homologous Recombination
- Homozygous
- Human Genome Project
- Huntington's Disease
- Hybridization
- I (to top)
- Identical Twins
- In Situ Hybridization
- Inherited
- Insertion
- Intron
- K (to top)
- Karyotype
- Knockout
- L (to top)
- Linkage
- Locus
- LOD Score
- Lymphocyte
- Lyonization
- Lysosome
- M (to top)
- Mapping
- Marker
- Meiosis
- Mendel, Johann (Gregor)
- Mendelian Inheritance
- Messenger RNA (mRNA)
- Metagenomics
- Metaphase
- Microarray Technology
- Microbiome
- Microsatellite
- Missense Mutation
- Mitochondria
- Mitochondrial DNA
- Mitosis
- Monosomy
- Mouse Model
- Mutagen
- Mutation
- N (to top)
- Nanotechnology
- Newborn Screening
- Non-Coding DNA
- Non-Directiveness
- Nonsense Mutation
- Northern Blot
- Nuclear Membrane
- Nucleic Acid
- Nucleolus
- Nucleopore
- Nucleosome
- Nucleotide
- Nucleus
- O (to top)
- Oncogene
- Open Reading Frame
- Organ
- Organelle
- P (to top)
- Pedigree
- Peptide
- Personalized Medicine
- Pharmacogenomics
- Phenotype
- Phosphate Backbone
- Physical Map
- Plasma Membrane (Cell Membrane)
- Plasmid
- Point Mutation
- Polydactyly
- Polygenic Trait
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
- Polymorphism
- Population Genomics
- Positional Cloning
- Primer
- Proband
- Probe
- Progeria
- Promoter
- Prostate Cancer
- Protein
- Pseudogene
- R (to top)
- Race
- Recessive
- Recombinant DNA (rDNA)
- Repressor
- Restriction Enzyme
- Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP)
- Retrovirus
- Ribosome
- Risk
- RNA (Ribonucleic Acid)
- S (to top)
- Sex Chromosome
- Sex Linked
- Shotgun Sequencing
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs)
- Somatic Cells
- Southern Blot
- Spectral Karyotype (SKY)
- Stem Cell
- Stop Codon
- Substitution
- Susceptibility
- Syndrome
- T (to top)
- Tandem Repeat
- Telomere
- Thymine
- Trait
- Transcription
- Transfer RNA (tRNA)
- Transgenic
- Translation
- Translocation
- Tumor Suppressor Gene
- U (to top)
- Uracil
- V (to top)
- Vacuole
- Vector
- Virus
- W (to top)
- Western Blot
- X (to top)
- X Chromosome
- X-Linked
- Y (to top)
- Y Chromosome
- Yeast Artificial Chromosome (YAC)
- Z (to top)
- Zebrafish
