Institution/s: Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
Identification number: 104
Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
Author/s: Diana MOŢOC, Elena SERRANO BERTOS, Marta VALDENEBRO ARENAS, Verónica ARNÁIZ UZQUIZA
Creation / modification date: 04-02-2014
Term: restriction fragment length polymorphisms
Gramatical category: s
Definition: Difference in homologous DNA sequences that can be detected by the presence of fragments of different lengths after digestion of the DNA samples in question with specific restriction endonucleases.
Context: Developments in recombinant DNA technology utilizing the phenomenon of restriction fragment length polymorphisms mean that the number of single-gene disorders in which this is possible is rapidly increasing.
Notes: Often pronounced “rif lip”, as if it were a word. English abbreviated form used in other languages (Spanish)
Weighting mark: nor
Sources:
Term: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition (p. 114).
Definition: National Center for Biotechnology Information, online: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/ probe/doc/TechRFLP.shtml
Context: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition (p. 114).
Expression: National Center for Biotechnology Information, online: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/ probe/doc/TechRFLP.shtml
Notes: Department of Biology, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina. Online: http://www.bio.davidson.edu/genomics/ method/RFLP.html
Images:
“Restriction Fragment Length Polimorphism”, National Center for Biotechnology Information: Probe: Reagents for Functional Genomics: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/probe/ doc/TechRFLP.shtml