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  • Institution/s: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Universidad de Valladolid
  • Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
  • Identification number: 68
  • Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
  • Author/s: Ana María ALCONCHEL SEBASTIÁN, Beatriz BURGOS CUADRILLERO, Inés PLAZA FONTANET, Patricia ROJO DE DOMINGO
  • Creation / modification date: 30-01-2014
  • Term: carrier
  • Gramatical category: s
  • Definition: Individual who carries a single copy of a recessive allele without having the trait.
  • Context: A female carrier for an X-linked recessive trait faces a 50% risk of transmission of the trait to any offspring.
  • Expression: carrier screening; carrier testing; carrier state
  • Weighting mark: nor
  • Sources:
    • Term: SNAPS, Klaus-Peter W., KESSLER, Oliver, FETZNER, Ulrich (Hrsg.) (2008). Das Zweite – kompakt: Grundlagen. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 54.
    • Definition: SNAPS, Klaus-Peter W., KESSLER, Oliver, FETZNER, Ulrich (Hrsg.) (2008). Das Zweite – kompakt: Grundlagen. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 54.
    • Context: SCHAAF, Christian, ZSCHOCKE, Johannes (2013). Basiswissen Humangenetik. 2. Aufl. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 74.
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