Genetic screen

genetic screening
Testing a population to identify individuals at risk for having a specific genetic disorder or having a child with the disorder.
Source: Jenkins, John B. 1990. Human Genetics, 2nd Edition. New York: Harper & Row ...
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Barbara Biesecker, M.S., of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Medical Genetics Branch, defines genetic screening.
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Genetic screens in mice identified a mutation, open-brain (opb), that shows a phenotype opposite to that caused by loss of Shh activity (Gunther et al. 1994; Eggenschwiler and Anderson 2000).
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Genetic screening for "a" (NOTE: not "the" - many different mutations in the PKU gene have been identified) PKU allele.
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Genetic Screening, Genetic Testing, and Genetic Counseling: Issues of Importance to Minority Communities
Dr. Eunice S. Thomas, 19th International President. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Washington, D.C.
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genetic screening The use of a number of mutant forms of a species to test for a specific type of change or deficit, as with respect to biological clocks.
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Genetic screening is the routine testing of individuals for specific genotypes. Newborns in U.S. hospitals are screened for PKU.
PKU women must resume the diet several months before conception ...
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Genetic screens that have been done in model organisms such as Drosophila, or the nematode C. elegans and mice and in zebra fish have revealed to us a number of genes that are responsible for controlling-very early on-the patterning of the embryo.
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While forward genetic screens are productive, a more straightforward approach would be to determine the phenotype that results from mutating a given gene. This is called reverse genetics.
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Genetic screening -- testing groups of individuals to identify defective genes capable of causing hereditary conditions. Genetic variation -- a phenotypic variance of a trait in a population attributed to genetic heterogeneity.
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Genetic testing (o r genetic screening): A technique used to determine whether a person or organism has a certain gene.
Genetics: The study of the patterns of inheritance of specific traits.
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ratio for prophylactic tamoxifen treatment in otherwise healthy women, who have been calculated to be genetically predisposed to developing breast cancer. In the future, predisposition to breast cancer may be determined by genetic screening.
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