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The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2021 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., reflects on the legacy the LINCS program leaves as it has completed its goal of creating a large-scale, systematically generated molecular and cellular dataset.
… and cellular dataset to help scientists understand how cells respond to specific biological and environmental … LINCS program generated dataset to help understand how cells functio … NHGRI and NCI award $33 million to improve … LINCS program generated dataset to help understand how cells function … In the July 2021 issue of The Genomics …
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NHGRI researchers asked patients, parents and physicians in the sickle cell disease community (SCD) what they wanted and needed to know about genome editing to make informed decisions about participating in genome-editing clinical trials.
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Chromosomes are thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells.
… structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells. … Chromosomes are thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells. Each chromosome is made of protein and a single … packaging, DNA molecules would be too long to fit inside cells. For example, if all of the DNA molecules in a single …
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Haploid is the quality of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes.
… presence of a single set of chromosomes in an organism’s cells. Sexually reproducing organisms are diploid (having two … one from each parent). In humans, only the egg and sperm cells are haploid. … Haploid is the quality of a cell or …
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The instructions in a gene that tell the cell how to make a specific protein.
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Monosomy refers to the condition in which only one chromosome from a pair is present in cells rather than the two copies usually found in diploid cells.
… pair instead of the usual two copies found in diploid cells. … Monosomy, Chromosome, Diploid, Genetic Diseasem, … in which only one chromosome from a pair is present in cells rather than the two copies usually found in diploid cells. When cells have one chromosome from a pair plus a …
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A microbiome is all of the genetic material found in a microbe, such as a bacterium, fungal cell or virus.
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A lysosome is a membrane-bound cell organelle that contains digestive enzymes. Lysosomes are involved with various cell processes.
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A cytogeneticist is a geneticist who specializes in the study of chromosomes and the structure and function of the cell.