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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: PASSARGE, Eberhard (2008). Taschenatlas. Humangenetik. 3. Aufl. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 378.
    • Definition: PASSARGE, Eberhard (2008). Taschenatlas. Humangenetik. 3. Aufl. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 378.
    • Context: WRBA, Fritz, DOLZNIG, Helmut, MANNHALTER, Christine (2011). Genetik verstehen: Grundlagen der molekularen Biologie. 2. Aufl. Wien: Facultas Verlag, 177.
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    • non-penetrant genes
      BUSELMAIER, Werner (2012). Biologie für Mediziner. 12. neubearbeitete und erweiterte Aufl. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 157.
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