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- DictionaryProg·e·ny/ˈpräjənē/
noun
- 1. a descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring: "the progeny of celebrities"
2 days ago · Genetics arose out of the identification of genes, the fundamental units responsible for heredity. Genetics may be defined as the study of genes at all levels, including the ways in which they act in the cell and the ways in which they are transmitted from parents to offspring.
- How is Genetic Testing Done
Genetic testing typically is issued only after a medical...
- Human Genetics
Human genetics, study of the inheritance of characteristics...
- Genetic Epidemiology
genetic epidemiology, the study of how genes and...
- Genetic Diseases
human genetic disease, any of the diseases and disorders...
- Pedigree
In human genetics, pedigree diagrams are utilized to trace...
- Methods in Genetics
Genetics - DNA, Heredity, Variation: Genetically diverse...
- How is Genetic Testing Done
3 days ago · Evolution, theory in biology postulating that the various types of living things on Earth have their origin in other preexisting types and that the distinguishable differences are due to modifications in successive generations. The theory of evolution is one of the fundamental keystones of modern biological theory.
- Francisco Jose Ayala
4 days ago · DNA, organic chemical of complex molecular structure found in all prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. It codes genetic information for the transmission of inherited traits. The structure of DNA was described in 1953, leading to further understanding of DNA replication and hereditary control of cellular activities.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is an organic chemical that contains genetic information and instructions for protein synthesis. It is found in most ce...
- DNA is made of nucleotides. A nucleotide has two components: a backbone, made from the sugar deoxyribose and phosphate groups, and nitrogenous base...
- The discovery of DNA’s double-helix structure is credited to the researchers James Watson and Francis Crick, who, with fellow researcher Maurice Wi...
- Gene editing today is mostly done through a technique called Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR), adopted from a bac...
- DNA is the master blueprint for life and constitutes the genetic material in all free-living organisms. RNA uses DNA to code for the structure of p...
5 days ago · Inherited, as related to genetics, refers to a trait or variants encoded in DNA and passed from parent to offspring during reproduction. Inheritance is determined by the rules of Mendelian genetics.
2 days ago · It refers to the group of people in an individual's life that satisfies the typical role of family as a support system. The term differentiates between the "family of origin" (the biological family or that in which people are raised) and those that actively assume that ideal role.
1 day ago · Parthenogenesis ( / ˌpɑːrθɪnoʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs, - θɪnə -/; [1] [2] from the Greek παρθένος, parthénos, 'virgin' + γένεσις, génesis, 'creation' [3] ) is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which growth and development of an embryo occur directly from an egg, without need for fertilization.
5 days ago · A species (pl.: species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
