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The following is a list of genetic disorders and if known, type of mutation and for the chromosome involved. Although the parlance "disease-causing gene" is common, it is the occurrence of an abnormality in the parents that causes the impairment to develop within the child. There are over 6,000 known genetic disorders in humans.
This glossary of genetics and evolutionary biology is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in the study of genetics and evolutionary biology, as well as sub-disciplines and related fields, with an emphasis on classical genetics, quantitative genetics, population biology, phylogenetics, speciation, and systematics.
A medical condition is a broad term that includes all diseases and disorders.. A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism.. A disorder is a functional abnormality or disturbance.
This glossary of biology terms is a list of definitions of fundamental terms and concepts used in biology, the study of life and of living organisms.It is intended as introductory material for novices; for more specific and technical definitions from sub-disciplines and related fields, see Glossary of cell biology, Glossary of genetics, Glossary of evolutionary biology, Glossary of ecology ...
Diseases and disorders UCPPS Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS + CP/CPPS) UCD Unicentric Castleman disease: UDA Urticaria-deafness-amyloidosis: UFS Urofacial syndrome: USP7-related diseases Ubiquitin specific protease 7-related diseases UTI Urinary tract infection: UC Ulcerative colitis: URI Upper respiratory infection
The following is a list of terms used to describe biological disorders of development, arranged by root word and shared prefix: Biological development disorders (cellular, tissue and organic) Feature
The term non-paternity event was first used in 2000 in a study of the surname "Skyes" and the Y-chromosome haplotype to denote if non-Skyes males had been introduced into the family line. [3] Bellis et al. (2005) stated that non-paternity "occurs when a child is believed to have been fathered by the husband (or partner) but is actually the ...
On a pedigree, polygenic diseases do tend to "run in families", but the inheritance does not fit simple patterns as with Mendelian diseases. This does not mean that the genes cannot eventually be located and studied. There is also a strong environmental component to many of them (e.g., blood pressure). Other such cases include: asthma