- Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 96
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Ana MUÑOZ GASCÓN, Augustine Edith EMENE, Paloma MOLLEDO PÉREZ, Susana ALVAREZ ALVAREZ
- Creation / modification date: 03-02-2014
- Term: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: The nucleic acid in chromosomes and in which genetic information is coded.
- Context: If genes are composed of DNA it is necessary that the latter should have a structure sufficiently versatile to account for the great variety of different genes and yet at the same time be able to reproduce itself in such a manner that an identical replica of itself is formed at each cell division.
- Expression: DNA sequence, complementary DNA (cDNA), recombinant DNA
- Weighting mark: nor
- Remission: diat_var, Genetic counselling Fuente: UHLMANN, W. R., SCHUETTE, J. L. y B. Yashar (Eds.) (2009). A Guide to Genetic Counseling. Wiley-Blackwell.
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A. (2009), Elementos de genética médica. Barcelona: Ed. Elsevier, 13ª Edición (revisión científica a cargo del Dr. Rafael Oliva Virgili).
- Definition: PIERCE, B.J. (2010). Genética, un enfoque conceptual. Madrid: Editorial médica panamericana; OLIVA, R., BALLESTA, F., ORIOLA, J., y CLÀRIA, J. (2004). Genética médica. Barcelona: Publicacions i edicions Universidad de Barcelona.
- Context: PIERCE, B.J. (2010). Genética, un enfoque conceptual. Madrid: Editorial médica panamericana.
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