- Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 88
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Ana MUÑOZ GASCÓN, Ana María MALLO LAPUERTA, Cristina ADRADA RAFAEL, Teresa AMIDO LOZANO
- Creation / modification date: 01-03-2014
- Term: expressivity
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Capacity of a gene to affect the phenotype of the organism of which it is a part. It is used to characterise the degree or variance of a genetic trait.
- Context: Another measure for describing the range of phenotypic expression is called expressivity. Expressivity measures the extent to which a given genotype is expressed at the phenotypic level. [...] llustrates the distinction between penetrance and expressivity. Like penetrance, expressivity is integral to the concept of the norm of reaction.
- Expression: Variable expressivity.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Remission: anton, introns Fuente: Lister Hill national Center for Biomedical Communications et ali (2013). „Exon“, Genetics Home Reference. Recuperado el 24 de abril de 2013 de http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/glossary=exon
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
- Definition: DRZE (2013): „Penetrance/Expressivity“. Recuperado el 30 de abril de 2013 de: http://www.drze.de/in-focus/predictive-genetic-testing/modules/penetrance-expressivity MERRIAM-WEBSTER. (2013). „Expressivity“. Recuperado el 24 de abril de 2013 de: ht
- Context: GRIFFITHS, AJK, MILLER, JH, SUZUKI, DT et ali (2000). An introduction to Genetic Analysis. Recuperado el 21 de abril de 2013 de: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK22090/
- Expression: LISTER HILL NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOMEDICAL COMMUNICATIONS et ali. (2013). „What are reduced penetrance and variable expressivity?“. Recuperado el 24 de abril de 2013 de:http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/inheritance/penetranceexpressivity
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