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Pedigree. Chart that shows the presence or absence of a trait within a family across generations. Genotype. The genetic makeup of an organism (ex: TT) Phenotype. The physical characteristics of an organism (ex: tall) Dominant allele. Allele that is phenotypically expressed over another allele. Recessive allele.
A pedigree chart is a diagram that models the inheritance of phenotypes from one generation to the next. Pedigree charts are used by scientists, genetic counselors, and animal breeders. Pedigrees show inheritance across one or more generations. Individuals connected by a horizontal line have mated and had children.
carrier status (carrying a gene for, but not exhibiting, a condition), and pharmacogenomics findings (findings related to differences in how a person may process medications). Often laboratories request information about what kinds of secondary findings a patient would like reported during the test ordering and informed consent process.
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Jan 22, 2023 · We start out by modeling selection in a haploid model, as this is mathematically relatively simple. Let the number of individuals carrying alleles A1 and A2 in generation t be Pt and Qt. Then, the relative frequencies at time t of alleles A1 and A2 are pt = Pt / (Pt + Qt) and qt = Qt / (Pt + Qt) = 1 − pt.
Jun 26, 2019 · The second concept is the ‘gene model’ definition of a gene. A gene model is a region of the genome which is thought to be transcribed into RNA, and that RNA is, in turn, believed to be either translated into protein, or belong to one of a number of defined classes of noncoding RNA genes (Gerstein et al., 2007).
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The nucleotides in a gene are connected in a specific order. Proteins are molecules that carry out many different functions in cells. For example, some proteins provide structure for the cell. Others help carry out chemical reactions. Proteins are made up of smaller parts called amino acids.
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