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  • Institution/s: Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Valladolid, Université d'Artois
  • Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
  • Identification number: 179
  • Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
  • Author/s: Andrea COCCARO CASTILLO, Carmen CUÉLLAR LÁZARO, Isaac MORENO RUIZ, Marie-Hélène GARCIA
  • Creation / modification date: 27-02-2014
  • Term: non-penetrant gene
  • Gramatical category: s
  • Definition: A gene that does not causes a trait in a specified genotype to be expressed.
  • Context: In addition, a remarkable inter- and intra-familial clinical variability, ranging from severe infantile forms to asymptomatic or non-penetrant gene carrying, may occur in individuals with an FSHD deleted fragment of the same size.
  • 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. 129)
    • Definition: The American Heritage Science Dictionary. (2005). Consultado el 28 de enero de 2014
    • Context: TONINI, M.M.O. ET AL. (2004) “Homozygosity for autosomal dominant facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) does not result in a more severe phenotype”. J Med Genet. 41, p. 2. Disponible en: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1735661/pdf/v041p00e17.pdf
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      BUSELMAIER, Werner (2012). Biologie für Mediziner. 12. neubearbeitete und erweiterte Aufl. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 157.
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