https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg The genetics unit. en-us 2017-01-07 19:38:07 UTC 2025-12-29 21:27:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rocket.png pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145827352 A medical procedure used in prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities and fetal infections. ]]> 2017-01-07 19:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145827352 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145827449 To heat something or allow it to cool slowly.]]> 2017-01-07 19:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145827449 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145827604 Genetic testing that is used to determine if a person is a carrier for a specific autosomal recessive disease (two copies of an abnormal gene must be present for the disease to be there). ]]> 2017-01-07 19:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145827604 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145827696 Prenatal diagnosis to determine chromosomal/genetic disorders in the fetus.]]> 2017-01-07 19:50:36 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145827696 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145827816 To produce similar populations of genetically identical individuals. ]]> 2017-01-07 19:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145827816 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145827865 Alteration of a protein shape through some form of external stress.]]> 2017-01-07 19:56:47 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145827865 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828046 A region of DNA which is made of nucleotides and used as a unit of heredity.]]> 2017-01-07 20:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828046 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828078 Transplantation of normal genes in to cells in place of missing or defective ones (in order to correct genetic disorders). ]]> 2017-01-07 20:05:29 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828078 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828120 Giving of advice to prospective parents concerning chances of genetic disorders in a future child. ]]> 2017-01-07 20:07:20 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828120 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828151 Sequencing of human DNA to discover genetic differences, anomalies, or mutations, that may prove pathological. ]]> 2017-01-07 20:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828151 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828191 Haploid (having single set of unpaired chromosomes) set of chromosomes in gamete or microorganism (or cell); this is an organism's complete set of DNA, including all of its genes. ]]> 2017-01-07 20:10:23 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828191 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828264 Genetic constitution of an individual organism. This is the opposite of phenotype; the physical characteristics exhibited via the Genotype. ]]> 2017-01-07 20:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828264 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828299 Medical procedure whereby an egg is fertilized by sperm in a test tube or elsewhere outside the body. ]]> 2017-01-07 20:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828299 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828331 Number and visual appearance of the chromosomes in the cell nuclei of an organism or species. ]]> 2017-01-07 20:15:17 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828331 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828362 Testing every newborn for certain harmful or potentially fatal disorders that aren't otherwise apparent at birth.]]> 2017-01-07 20:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828362 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828395 Set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment. ]]> 2017-01-07 20:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828395 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828421 Technique used to replicate a fragment of DNA and produce a large amount of that sequence. ]]> 2017-01-07 20:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828421 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828465 Screening test used to determine if genetic or chromosomal disorders are present in embryos produced through In Vitro Fertilization. ]]> 2017-01-07 20:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828465 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828508 Molecule that serves as a starting material for a polymerization process.]]> 2017-01-07 20:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828508 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828524 Enzyme produced by bacteria which cleaves DNA molecules at/near specific sequence of bases.]]> 2017-01-07 20:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828524 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828555 Sex determination before conception by separating spermatozoa carrying Y chromosomes from those carrying X chromosomes. ]]> 2017-01-07 20:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828555 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828660 A variation in a single base pair in a DNA sequence. This can account for the small variation within populations (as shown below).]]> 2017-01-07 20:27:12 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828660 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828695 Liquid lying above a solid residue after crystallization, precipitation, or centrifugation.]]> 2017-01-07 20:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828695 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828787 DNA Polymerase enzyme that can withstand high temperatures and is isolated from a bacterium that lives in hot springs.  It is mostly used in PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) to add nucleotides in a growing chain leading from 5' to 3' direction.]]> 2017-01-07 20:31:41 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828787 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828839 Lab apparatus most commonly used to amplify segments of DNA via the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).]]> 2017-01-07 20:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828839 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828871 Technique using echoes of ultrasound pulses to delineate object or areas of different density in body. ]]> 2017-01-07 20:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828871 pranavdewan https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828899 Organism which transmits a disease or parasite from one animal or plant to another. Carries what it is designed to carry by nature or artificially. ]]> 2017-01-07 20:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/pranavdewan/z27bvzap2tzg/wish/145828899