Biology
hemizygous
Term: hemizygous
Literally meaning: half double, single
Origin: Anc Greek
???-/hemi(=prefix meaning half)
?????/zygos(=yoke, doubled)
Coined/History
In 1905 by by a 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.
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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...
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Epigenetics
Term: epigenetic Origin: Anc Greek ???/epi(=upon, over, above )?????????/genetikos (=genitive) > ?????/ genea(=generation) > ?????/geno (=birth to)> ???????/genesis(=origin) Coined: In 1905 British geneticist, Wiliam Bateson coined the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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