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1、生物英语证书考试(PEC)-遗传学常用术语Achondroplasia--themostcommonandwellknownformofshortlimbeddwarfismcharacterizedbyanormaltrunksizewithdisproportionallyshortarmsandlegs,andadisproportionallylargehead;autosomaldominantcondition.Advancedmaternalage--womenoverage34(age35atdelivery)atincreasedriskf
2、ornondisjunctiontrisomyinfetus.Alcoholism--achronicandprogressiveconditioncharacterizedbytheinabilitytocontroltheconsumptionofalcohol.Allele--analternativeformofagene;anyoneofseveralmutationalformsofagene.Alpha-fetoprotein(AFP)--aproteinexcretedbythefetusintotheamnioticfluidandfrom
3、thereintothemother'sbloodstreamthroughtheplacenta.Alurepetitivesequence--themostcommondispersedrepeatedDNAsequenceinthehumangenomeaccountingfor5%ofhumanDNA.ThenameisderivedfromthefactthatthesesequencesarecleavedbytherestrictionendonucleaseAlu.Aminoacidsequence--thelinearorderofthea
4、minoacidsinaproteinorpeptide.Amniocentesis--prenataldiagnosismethodusingcellsintheamnioticfluidtodeterminethenumberandkindofchromosomesofthefetusand,whenindicated,performbiochemicalstudies.Amniocyte--cellsobtainedbyamniocentesis.Amplification--anyprocessbywhichspecificDNAsequencesa
5、rereplicateddisproportionatelygreaterthantheirrepresentationintheparentmolecules.Aneuploidy--stateofhavingvariantchromosomenumber(toomanyortoofew).(i.e.Downsyndrome,Turnersyndrome).Angelmansyndrome--aconditioncharacterizedbyseverementaldeficiency,developmentaldelayandgrowthdeficien
6、cy,puppet-likegaitandfrequentlaughterunconnectedtoemotionsofhappiness.Apertsyndrome--aconditioncausedbytheprematureclosureofthesuturesoftheskullbones,resultinginanalteredheadshape,withwebbedfingersandtoes.Autosomaldominant.Artificialinsemination--theplacementofspermintoafemalerepro
7、ductivetractorthemixingofmaleandfemalegametesbyotherthannaturalmeans.Autosome--anuclearchromosomeotherthantheX-andY-chromosomes.Autoradiograph--aphotographicpictureshowingthepositionofradioactivesubstancesintissues.Bacteriophage--aviruswhosehostisabacterium;commonlycalledphage.Barr
8、body--thecondensedsingleX-
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