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NHGRI researchers seek help from people with Sickle Cell Disease to find the factors - environmental, social and genetic - that impact the severity of symptoms.
… gene from a parent, the person is said to have sickle cell trait (SCT). People with SCT usually do not have any of the … cell disease and about 1 in 13 are born with sickle cell trait. Although the risk is greater among African Americans, … many people are affected by both SCD and sickle cell trait, including those from Latin America, Mediterranean …
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A syndrome is a collection of recognizable traits or abnormalities that tend to occur together and are associated with a specific disease.
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An inherited trait is one that is genetically determined.
… Inherited … An inherited trait is one that is genetically determined. … Inherited Trait, Mendelian Genetics, Genes, Family Health History, … Genealogy … Inherited, as related to genetics, refers to a trait or variants encoded in DNA and passed from parent to …
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Un genotipo es una clasificación del tipo de variante presente en una ubicación determinada (es decir, un locus) en el genoma. Puede representarse mediante sÃmbolos.
… presente en una ubicación determinada (es decir, un locus) en el genoma. Puede representarse mediante sÃmbolos. … … the type of variant present at a given location (i.e., a locus) in the genome. It can be represented by symbols. For … presente en una ubicación determinada (es decir, un locus) en el genoma. Puede representarse mediante sÃmbolos. … …
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A pedigree is a genetic representation of a family tree that diagrams the inheritance of a trait or disease though several generations.
… of a family tree that diagrams the inheritance of a trait or disease though several generations. … Genotype, … to genetics, is a chart that diagrams the inheritance of a trait or health condition through generations of a family. … is available, indicates which individuals have a trait(s) of interest. … A pedigree is a genetic …
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NHGRI researchers have generated the largest catalog of genetic variants associated with physical traits for domesticated dog breeds.
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NHGRI and NICHD program staff will hold a pre-application interactive Q&A webinar for the Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression Project funding opportunities and answer questions from prospective applicants.
… work with AnVIL ? The LDACC will deposit data from gene expression and genotyping analyses in the AnVIL on a timely … Coordinating Center for the Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression Project: Jyoti Dayal, M.S. National Human Genome … Procurement Center (BPC) Supporting the Developmental Gene Expression (dGTEx) Project: John Ilekis, Ph.D. National …
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A repressor is a protein that turns off the expression of one or more genes.
… Repressor … A repressor is a protein that turns off the expression of one or more genes. … Gene, Gene Expression, Gene Regulation, Messenger RNA (mRNA), Protein, … as related to genomics, is a protein that inhibits the expression of one or more genes. The repressor protein works …
Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms
Race is a fluid concept used to group people according to various factors including, ancestral background and social identity.
… including, ancestral background and social identity. … Trait, Genetic Variation … Race is a social construct used to …
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By considering mixed genetic lineages, NHGRI researchers demonstrated that previously inferred links between a genomic variant that helps digest lactose and traits such as a person’s height and cholesterol level may not be valid.