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Dictionary - Chromosome: Oceanography Dictionary - Chromosome
  Definition and meaning of chromosome:   chromosome - one of the threadlike "packages" of genes and other DNA ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xyy Syndrome: Encyclopedia - Xyy Syndrome
XYY syndrome is a aneuploidy of the sex chromosomes in which a human male receives an extra Y chromosome in each cell, hence having a kar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromosome: Encyclopedia - Chromosome
The DNA which carries genetic information in biological cells is normally packaged in the form of one or more large macromolecules called...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromosome: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromosome - Chromosomal Aberrations
Some chromosome abnormalities do not cause disease in carriers, such as translocations, or chromosomal inversions, although they may lead...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromosome: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromosome - Chromatin
Two types of chromatin can be distinguished: Euchromatin, which consists of DNA that is active, e.g., expressed as protein. Heterochroma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Y Chromosome: Encyclopedia - Y Chromosome
The Y chromosome is one of the two sex chromosomes in humans and most other mammals. (The other is the X chromosome.) It is a part of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromosome: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromosome - Chromosomes In Bacteria
Bacterial chromosomes are often circular but sometimes linear. Some bacteria have one chromosome, while others have a few. Bacterial DNA ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromosome: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromosome - Number Of Chromosomes In Different Species
Normal members of a particular species all have the same number of chromosomes (see the table). Asexually reproducing species have one se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X Chromosome: Encyclopedia - X Chromosome
The X chromosome is one of the two sex chromosomes in humans and other animals (the other is the Y chromosome). It is a part of the XY se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meiosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Meiosis - Chromosome Segregation In Meiosis
As a diploid cell is formed from the genetic recombination of two haploid cells, within a diploid cell there are normally two sets of chr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Siddha Master: Siddha Yoga Dictionary On Siddha Master
Siddha master: One who has attained the state of enlightenment and who has the capacity to awaken the dormant spiritual energy of a d...   » Read the article

Article - Oceanography Sitemap I - C
This is a sitemap for Oceanography - C . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. The ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Dictionary Yawning: Dream Interpretation - Yawning
  Yawning If you yawn in your dreams, you will search in vain for health and contentment. To see others yawning, foretells tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cerebral Palsy: Encyclopedia Ii - Cerebral Palsy - Cause
Since cerebral palsy refers to a group of disorders, there is no exact known cause. Some major causes are asphyxia, hypoxia of the brain,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thomas Jefferson: Encyclopedia Ii - Thomas Jefferson - Personal Characteristics And Views
Thomas Jefferson - Appearance and temperament. Jefferson was six feet, two-and-one-half inches (189 cm) in height, large-boned, slender...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Biology
Human - Anatomy and physiology. Main articles: Human anatomy, Human physical appearance & Human height Humans exhi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Klinefelter's Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Klinefelter's Syndrome - Signs And Symptoms
XXY males are almost always infertile, and some degree of language impairment may be present. In adults, possible characteristics vary wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trait: Encyclopedia - Trait
In biology, a trait or character is a genetically inherited feature of an organism. As synonym for trait can be sometimes used the term p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - California Institute Of Technology: Encyclopedia - California Institute Of Technology
The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech) is a private, coeducational university located in Pasadena, Cali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Y Chromosome: Encyclopedia Ii - Y Chromosome - Y Chomosome-linked Diseases
No vital genes reside only on the Y chromosome, since 50% of humans do not have Y chromosomes. The only well-defined human disease linked...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Y Chromosome: Encyclopedia Ii - Y Chromosome - Function
Each person normally has one pair of sex chromosomes in each cell. As a general rule, the Y chromosome is present in males, who have one ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Twin: Encyclopedia Ii - Twin - Types Of Twins
Twin - Fraternal twins. Fraternal twins (commonly known as "non-identical twins") usually occur when two fertilized eggs are implanted ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Down Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Down Syndrome - Overview
The incidence of Down syndrome is estimated at 1 per 800 births, making it the most common human aneuploidy. Maternal age influences the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mesothelioma: Encyclopedia Ii - Mesothelioma - Pathophysiology
The mesothelium consists of a single layer of flattened to cuboidal cells forming the epithelial lining of the serous cavities of the bod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Donkey: Encyclopedia Ii - Donkey - Relationship To Horses
A male donkey can be crossed with a female horse to produce a mule. A male horse can be crossed with a female donkey (jennet or jenny) to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex - Sex Among Humans
In humans, sex is conventionally perceived as a dichotomous state or identity for most biological and social purposes, such that a person...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - C-value: Encyclopedia - C-value
The term C-value refers to the amount of DNA contained within a haploid nucleus (e.g., in a gamete or one half the amount in a diploid so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cancer: Encyclopedia Ii - Cancer - Causes And Pathophysiology
Cancer - Origins of cancer. Cell division (proliferation) is a physiological process that occurs in almost all tissues and under many c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roma People: Encyclopedia Ii - Roma People - Genetics
Studies of Bulgarian, Baltic and Vlax Roma genetics suggest that about 50% of observed Y chromosomes and mitochondrial DNA belong to male...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cystic Fibrosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Cystic Fibrosis - Biological Causes
Cystic fibrosis is exclusively heritable as both parents must carry the recessive genes for a child to acquire the disease. At the geneti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gaucher's Disease: Encyclopedia Ii - Gaucher's Disease - Diagnosis
In populations with high rates of carriage (Ashkenazi Jews and Norrbottnian Swedes), some family members of the index patient may already...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Population Bottleneck: Encyclopedia Ii - Population Bottleneck - Examples In The Animal World
Wisent, also called European bison, faced extinction in the early 20th century. The 3600 animals living in 2000 are all descended from 12...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1: Encyclopedia Ii - Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 - Function
PAI-1 is mainly produced by the endothelium (cells lining blood vessels), but is also secreted by other tissue types, such as adipose tis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dna: Encyclopedia Ii - Dna - Mechanical Properties Relevant To Biology
Main article: Mechanical properties of DNA. DNA - Strands association and dissociation. The hydrogen bonds between the strands of the d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Obstetrics: Encyclopedia Ii - Obstetrics - Maternal Physiology
During pregnancy, the woman undergoes many physiological changes, which are entirely normal, including cardiovascular, renal, hematologic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chemotherapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Chemotherapy - Principles
Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells due to damage to DNA (mutations) and, occasionally, due to an inherited propensity to develop ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Haplogroup R1b Ydna: Encyclopedia Ii - Haplogroup R1b Ydna - Origins
The members of R1b are the descendants of the first modern humans, the Cro-Magnon, who entered Europe about 35,000 years ago. The Cro-Mag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eye Color: Encyclopedia Ii - Eye Color - Colors
Eye color - Brown eyes. The vast majority of the world's people have dark eyes, ranging from brown to nearly black. Light brown eyes ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Multiple Myeloma: Encyclopedia Ii - Multiple Myeloma - Patients
Some well-known patients include: Geraldine Ferraro Mel Stottlemyre Don Baylor Mel Goldstein Roy Scheider Deceased: Ann Landers Mark L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tp53: Encyclopedia Ii - Tp53 - Related Conditions
Bladder cancer: Some gene mutations are acquired during a person's lifetime and are present only in certain cells. These changes are call...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Platypus: Encyclopedia Ii - Platypus - Reproduction
The male platypus reproductive structure is much like that of other mammals. One exception is that their testicles are inside their body,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Red Hair: Encyclopedia Ii - Red Hair - Historical Distribution
Red hair is most commonly found at both the west and eastern fringes of modern Europe. Although red hair in the human population is most ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenomorph: Encyclopedia Ii - Xenomorph - Non-canon Castes
The following castes do not appear in the movies and are thus not considered canon. Xenomorph - Praetorian. A royal elite guard to the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cancer: Encyclopedia Ii - Cancer - Nomenclature And Classification
The following closely related terms may be used to designate abnormal growths: Neoplasia and neoplasm are the accurate, scientific names...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Incest: Encyclopedia Ii - Incest - Genetics
Today, the general availability of birth control methods has made inbreeding a largely separate issue from incest. Opponents of incest ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Changing Roles
Gender role is composed of several elements. A person's gender role can be expressed through clothing, behaviour, choice of work, persona...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cat: Encyclopedia Ii - Cat - Scientific Classification
The domestic cat was named Felis catus by Carolus Linnaeus in his Systema Naturae of 1758. Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber named the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dna: Encyclopedia - Dna
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Strange Units Of Measurement - Fff
While most countries have Le Système International d’Unités (SI), this seems to be one more reason to delve into the Furlong/Firkin/F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amenorrhoea: Encyclopedia Ii - Amenorrhoea - Etymology And Definition
The term is derived from Greek: a = negative, men = month, rhoia = flow. Derived adjectives are amenorrhoeal and amenorrheic. The opposit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Legend: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Legend - Romantic Travellers
In the 19th Century, many writers, such as Washington Irving, Prosper Mérimée, George Sand, and Theophile Gautier, invented a mythical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Icd-9 Codes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Icd-9 Codes - 13. Diseases Of The Musculoskeletal System And Connective Tissue 710-739
List of ICD-9 codes - arthropathies and related disorders 710-719. (710) Diffuse diseases of connective tissue (710.0) Systemic lupus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tourette Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Tourette Syndrome - Symptoms
Symptoms include multiple motor and one or more vocal tics present at some time during the disorder although not necessarily simultaneous...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crypto-judaism: Encyclopedia Ii - Crypto-judaism - Europe
The many Marranos (in the Balearic Islands, Chuetas), who publicly professed Catholicism but privately adhered to Judaism during the Span...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Birch: Encyclopedia - Birch
Many species; see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Sex: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Sex - Religion And Sex
Although not the case in every culture, most religious practices contain taboos or fetishes in regard to sex, sex organs and the reproduc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xy Sex-determination System: Encyclopedia - Xy Sex-determination System
The XY sex-determination system is a well-known sex-determination system. It is found in human beings and other mammals. In the XY sex-de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromatin: Encyclopedia - Chromatin
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. Chr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromatin: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromatin - Levels Of Chromatin Organization In Detail
Chromatin - 1. Chromatin & Watson/Crick base pairing. Crick and Watson's famous structure of DNA (called B-DNA) is only one of thre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Penguin: Encyclopedia - Penguin
Aptenodytes Eudyptes Eudyptula Megadyptes Pygoscelis Spheniscus Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are an order of fli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Color Vision: Encyclopedia Ii - Color Vision - Color Perception
Perception of color is achieved in mammals through color receptors containing pigments with different spectral sensitivities. In most Old...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 23 Numerology: Encyclopedia Ii - 23 Numerology - 23 Pattern
There is also a numerical pattern discovered by Anon Castillo using 2, 3, 5, and 23 and including 17, where you add one and two, then add...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colchicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Colchicine - History
Colchicum extract was first described as a treatment for gout in De Materia Medica by Padanius Dioscorides in the first century CE. The c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood Type: Encyclopedia - Blood Type
A blood type is a description of an individual's characteristics of red blood cells due to substances (carbohydrates and proteins) on the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bacterial Conjugation: Encyclopedia - Bacterial Conjugation
Bacterial conjugation is the transfer of genetic material between bacteria through cell-to-cell contact (as opposed to transformation or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Centimorgan: Encyclopedia - Centimorgan
In genetics, a centimorgan (abbreviated cM) is a unit of recombinant frequency for measuring genetic linkage. It is often used to imply d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cell Division: Encyclopedia - Cell Division
Cell division is the process by which a cell (called the parent cell) divides into two cells (called daughter cells). Cell division is us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - C-reactive Protein: Encyclopedia - C-reactive Protein
C-reactive protein (CRP) is a plasma protein, an acute phase protein produced by the liver. It is a member of the pentraxin family of pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ascocentrum: Encyclopedia - Ascocentrum
See text Ascocentrum is a small genus belonging to the orchid family (Orchidaceae). The type species is Ascocentrum miniatum (Lindl.) Sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autosome: Encyclopedia - Autosome
An autosome is a non-sex chromosome. It is an ordinary paired chromosome that is the same in both sexes of a species. For example, in hum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cd36: Encyclopedia - Cd36
CD36 is an integral membrane protein found on the surface of many cell types in vertebrate animals and is also known as FAT, SCARB3, GP88...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aneuploidy: Encyclopedia - Aneuploidy
Aneuploidy is a chromosomal state where abnormal numbers of specific chromosomes or chromosome sets exist within the nucleus. A change in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alpha Particle: Encyclopedia - Alpha Particle
Alpha particles or alpha rays (named after the first letter in the greek alphabet, α) are a highly ionizing form of particle radiation w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alzheimer's Disease: Encyclopedia - Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disorder, is the most common cause of dementia and characterised clinically by progressive ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anacamptis: Encyclopedia - Anacamptis
See text Anacamptis Rich., 1817 is a small genus from the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This genus is abbreviated as Ant. in trade journal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amylase: Encyclopedia - Amylase
Amylase (EC 3.2.1.1 ) (CAS# 9014-71-5) is a digestive enzyme classified as a saccharidase (an enzyme that cleaves polysaccharides). It is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allele Frequency: Encyclopedia - Allele Frequency
Allele frequency is a term of population genetics that is used in characterizing the genetic diversity of a species population, or equiva...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allele: Encyclopedia - Allele
An allele is any one of a number of viable DNA codings of the same gene (sometimes the term refers to a non-gene sequence) occupying a gi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Encyclopedia - Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (sometimes also referred to as ADD) is classified as a neurological disorder characterize...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antithrombin: Encyclopedia - Antithrombin
Antithrombin is a small molecule that inactivates several enzymes of the coagulation system. It is a glycoprotein produced by the liver. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-müllerian Hormone: Encyclopedia - Anti-müllerian Hormone
Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is a dimeric glycoprotein that inhibits the development of the Müllerian ducts in a male embryo. It is nam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aciclovir: Encyclopedia - Aciclovir
Aciclovir Aciclovir (INN) or acyclovir (USAN), marketed as Zovirax®, is one of the main antiviral drugs. Its discovery has been seen as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alien³: Encyclopedia - Alien³
Alien³ is a science fiction/horror movie that opened May 22, 1992. It was the feature film debut of director David Fincher. The third in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autosomal Dominant: Encyclopedia - Autosomal Dominant
An autosomal dominant gene is one that occurs on an autosomal (non-sex determining) chromosome. As it is dominant, the phenotype it gives...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromatin: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromatin - Chromatin: Alternative Definitions
1. Simple & Concise Definition: Chromatin is DNA plus the proteins (and RNA) that package DNA within the cell nucleus. (see for examp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concept: Encyclopedia - Concept
A concept is an abstract, universal idea, notion, or entity that serves to designate a category or class of entities, events, or relatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Color Blindness: Encyclopedia - Color Blindness
Color blindness, or color vision deficiency, in humans is the inability to perceive differences between some or all colors that other peo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Werner Syndrome: Encyclopedia - Werner Syndrome
Werner syndrome is a very rare, autosomal recessive disorder whose most recognizable characteristic is premature aging. For this reason, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Colchicine: Encyclopedia - Colchicine
Colchicine Colchicine is a highly poisonous alkaloid, originally extracted from plants of the genus Colchicum (Autumn crocus, also known...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vanishing Twin: Encyclopedia - Vanishing Twin
A vanishing twin, also called twin embolisation syndrome' or foetus papiricus, is the term for a fetus who is partially or completely rea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 5-alpha Reductase: Encyclopedia - 5-alpha Reductase
5-alpha reductase is an enzyme (EC 1.3.99.5) that converts testosterone, the male sex hormone, into dihydrotestosterone. There are two is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromatin: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromatin - Non-histone Chromosomal Proteins
The proteins that are found associated with isolated chromatin fall into several functional categories: chromatin-bound enzymes high mob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromatin: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromatin - Introduction
Simplistically, there are three major levels of chromatin organization (Fig.1): nucleosome - "beads on a string" 30 nm condensed chromat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asperger Syndrome: Encyclopedia - Asperger Syndrome
Asperger syndrome (sometimes called Asperger's syndrome, AS, or the more common shorthand Asperger's), is characterized as one of the fiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromatin: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromatin - History
In 1882 Walther Flemming used the term Chromatin for the first time. Flemming assumed that within the nucleus there was some kind of a nu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chromatin: Encyclopedia Ii - Chromatin - Nobel Prizes Related To Chromatin
Albrecht Kossel University of Heidelberg. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1910 "in recognition of the contributions to our kno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex-determination System: Encyclopedia - Sex-determination System
A sex-determination system is a biological system that determines the development of sexual characteristics in an organism. In many cases...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cystic Fibrosis: Encyclopedia - Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (CF), also called mucoviscidosis, is an autosomal recessive hereditary disease of the exocrine glands. It affects the lun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yersinia Pestis: Encyclopedia - Yersinia Pestis
Yersinia pestis bacterium, belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae. It is the infectious agent of bubonic plague, and can also cause p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenomorph: Encyclopedia - Xenomorph
The xenomorph is a fictional extraterrestrial life form of unknown origin from the Alien universe, created by writers Dan O'Bannon and Ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Teosinte: Encyclopedia - Teosinte
Z. diploperennis Z. luxurians Z. mays ssp. huehuetenangensis Z. mays ssp. mays (maize) Z. mays ssp. mexicana Z. mays ssp. parviglumis Z. ...   » Read the article