Biology
- Allele Vs. Gene
How are alleles and genes different? And how do they correspond with each other? Alleles are pairs of genes and help code for an organism. Genes come from the parent organisms in order to help with the make up of an organism. There are...
- Zygotene
Term: zygoteneLiterally meaning: ?yoked bands?Origin: Anc Greek?????/zygos(=yoke, doubled)??????/taenia(=band, ribon)> ?????/tanyo(=strain)Coined/Historyby V Gregoire (1907) DefinitionZygotene is one of the stages of prophase I in which the homologous...
- Epistasis
Term: epistasis Origin: Anc Greek ???/epi(=prefix meaning upon, on) )??????/stasis(=standing still, state)à standing upon Coined: In 1909, by British geneticist, Wiliam Bateson (1861-01926) established the term "epistasis" to explain...
- Genetics
Term: genetics Origin: Anc Greek ?????/ genea(=generation) < ?????/geno (=birth to)> ???????/genesis(=origin) Coined: Wiliam Bateson (1861-01926)In an April,1905 letter to fellow scientist Adam Sedgwick at Cambridge in an effort...
- Heterozygous
Term: heterozygousOrigin: Anc Greek ??????/heteros(=different, other)?????/zygos(=yoke) Coined: ??? William Bateson (1861 ?1926) ??? The term introduced in 1902 by a British geneticist W Bateson (1861 ?1926) and British botanist...
Biology
hemizygosity
Term: hemizygosity
Literally meaning: half double, single
Origin: Anc Greek
???-/hemi(=prefix meaning half)
???????/zygotia(=zigosity meaning the state of genes for a trait in diploids) > ?????/zygos(=yoke, doubled)
Coined/History
In 1905 by by British geneticist W Bateson (1861 ?1926)
Definition
Hemizigosity is the state of having only one of a pair of alleles as genes alleles on the single X chromosome in the human males.
- Allele Vs. Gene
How are alleles and genes different? And how do they correspond with each other? Alleles are pairs of genes and help code for an organism. Genes come from the parent organisms in order to help with the make up of an organism. There are...
- Zygotene
Term: zygoteneLiterally meaning: ?yoked bands?Origin: Anc Greek?????/zygos(=yoke, doubled)??????/taenia(=band, ribon)> ?????/tanyo(=strain)Coined/Historyby V Gregoire (1907) DefinitionZygotene is one of the stages of prophase I in which the homologous...
- Epistasis
Term: epistasis Origin: Anc Greek ???/epi(=prefix meaning upon, on) )??????/stasis(=standing still, state)à standing upon Coined: In 1909, by British geneticist, Wiliam Bateson (1861-01926) established the term "epistasis" to explain...
- Genetics
Term: genetics Origin: Anc Greek ?????/ genea(=generation) < ?????/geno (=birth to)> ???????/genesis(=origin) Coined: Wiliam Bateson (1861-01926)In an April,1905 letter to fellow scientist Adam Sedgwick at Cambridge in an effort...
- Heterozygous
Term: heterozygousOrigin: Anc Greek ??????/heteros(=different, other)?????/zygos(=yoke) Coined: ??? William Bateson (1861 ?1926) ??? The term introduced in 1902 by a British geneticist W Bateson (1861 ?1926) and British botanist...