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| bivalent |
in genetics, having two similar or identical chromosomes or two sets of such chromosomes. [2/3 definitions] |
| breed |
in genetics, to fertilize or pollinate under controlled conditions in order to develop or improve a strain. [1/9 definitions] |
| breeding |
in genetics, the development or improvement of strains or breeds through the use of controlled fertilization or pollination. [1/3 definitions] |
| cytogenetics |
(used with a sing. verb) the study of heredity using the sciences of cytology and genetics. |
| dominant |
in genetics, of a gene or trait that masks the influence of a recessive when the two appear together. (Cf. recessive.) [1/4 definitions] |
| electroporation |
in genetics, a method of introducing foreign DNA into a cell by means of an electric pulse that makes the cell membrane more permeable. |
| genetically |
from the perspective of genetics. [1/3 definitions] |
| Gregor Johann Mendel |
an Austrian monk and botanist who founded genetics (b.1822--d.1884). |
| micronucleus |
the smaller of two kinds of nuclei that are found in certain protozoans and that are associated with genetics and reproduction. |
| recessive |
in genetics, of an allele or trait whose influence or characteristic does not appear when combined with a masking or dominant allele or trait. (Cf. dominant). [2/3 definitions] |
| segregation |
in genetics, the separation of allelic genes during meiosis. [1/2 definitions] |
| sex-linkage |
in genetics, an association between certain inherited traits and sex, the genes for those traits being carried on one of the sex chromosomes. |
| tetrad |
in genetics, the four haploid cells that are formed at the end of meiosis. [1/3 definitions] |
| translocation |
in genetics, the movement of a segment of chromosome to a new position on the same chromosome or a different chromosome, or the modified chromosome that results from this movement. [1/3 definitions] |
| univalent |
in genetics, a chromosome that remains unpaired in synapsis. [1/2 definitions] |
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