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| Genomic imprinting is a genetic phenomenon by which certain genes are expressed in a parent-of-origin-specific manner. It is an inheritance process independent of the classical Mendelian inheritance. |
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| epigenetics is the study of inherited changes in phenotype (appearance) or gene expression caused by mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence, hence the name epi- (Greek: επί- over, above) -genetics. ... |
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| Monosomy is a form of aneuploidy with the presence of only one chromosome (instead of the typical two in humans) from a pair. |
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| If the number of chromosomes is changed by addition or subtraction |
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| In genetics, a chromosome translocation is a chromosome abnormality caused by rearrangement of parts between nonhomologous chromosomes. |
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