Epigenetics Articles

• Dogs
  Animals
  Veterinary Medicine
  Microarrays
  Zoology
  Wild Animals
   

  Microchip implant (animal)

  A microchip is an identifying integrated circuit placed under the skin of a dog, cat, or other animal. The chips are about the size of a large grain of rice and are based on a passive RFID ... > more
• Genes
  Human Biology
  Biochemistry Research
  Healthy Aging
  Genetics
  Biotechnology
   
  

  Telomere

  A telomere is a region of highly repetitive DNA at the end of a linear chromosome that functions as a disposable buffer. Every time linear chromosomes are replicated during late S phase, the DNA ... > more
• Genes
  Human Biology
  Biochemistry Research
  Healthy Aging
  Developmental Biology
  Biotechnology
   
  

  DNA repair

  DNA repair refers to a collection of processes by which a cell identifies and corrects damage to the DNA molecules that encode its genome. In human cells, both normal metabolic activities and ... > more
• Genetics
  Cell Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Biotechnology
   

  Protein biosynthesis

  Protein biosynthesis (Synthesis) is the process in which cells build proteins. The term is sometimes used to refer only to protein translation but more often it refers to a multi-step process, ... > more
• Genes
  Biochemistry Research
  Human Biology
  Biotechnology
  Genetics
  Cell Biology
   
  

  DNA

  Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions for the development and function of living things. All known cellular life and some viruses contain DNA. The main ... > more
• Genetics
  Genes
  Cell Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Biochemistry Research
  Human Biology
   
  

  Genetic code

  The genetic code is the set of rules by which information encoded in genetic material (DNA or RNA sequences) is translated into proteins (amino acid sequences) by living cells. Specifically, the code ... > more
• Developmental Biology
  Biochemistry Research
  Genetics
  Biotechnology
  Evolutionary Biology
  Biology
   
  

  Genetic recombination

  Genetic recombination is the transmission-genetic process by which the combinations of alleles observed at different loci in two parental individuals become shuffled in offspring individuals. In ... > more
• Endangered Plants
  Nature
  Botany
  Cloning
  Genetically Modified
  Agriculture and Food
   

  Transgenic plants

  Transgenic plants are plants that have been genetically engineered, a breeding approach that uses recombinant DNA techniques to create plants with new characteristics.They are identified as a class ... > more
• Genetics
  Stem Cells
  Cloning
  Developmental Biology
  Biology
  Molecular Biology
   

  Somatic cell

  A somatic cell is generally taken to mean any cell forming the body of an organism. Somatic cells, by definition, are not germline cells. In mammals, germline cells are the sperm and ova (also known ... > more
• Genetics
  Developmental Biology
  Biochemistry Research
  Molecular Biology
  Cell Biology
  Biotechnology
   
  

  Chromosomal crossover

  Homologous recombination is the process by which two chromosomes, paired up during prophase 1 of meiosis, exchange some distal portion of their DNA. Crossover occurs when two chromosomes, normally ... > more

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