- Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 129
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Ana MUÑOZ GASCÓN, Ana María ALCONCHEL SEBASTIÁN, Augustine Edith EMENE, Inés PLAZA FONTANET
- Creation / modification date: 31-01-2014
- Term: teratogen
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Any factor, chemical or physical, that adversely affects the fertilized ovum, embryo, or fetus.
- Context: The effects of any teratogen, including drugs of abuse, are more pronounced in the early stages of pregnancy when the vital organs are developing.
- Notes: Frenquently used in plural.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: PASSARGE, Eberhard (2008). Taschenatlas. Humangenetik. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 380
- Definition: PASSARGE, Eberhard (2008). Taschenatlas. Humangenetik. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 380.
- Context: ZSCHOCKE, Schaaf (2013). Basiswissen Humangenetik. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 123.
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