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- 11:41, 29 September 2019 Introgression (hist) [747 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Backcrossing of hybrids of two plant populations to introduce new genes into a wild population.")
- 11:40, 29 September 2019 Intervention trials (hist) [870 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Trials in which one or more factors that may affect health are altered, with the aim of demonstrating beneficial effects compared with a control group not receiving the interv...")
- 11:40, 29 September 2019 Intervention trial (hist) [799 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A study in which exposure to the factor under investigation is modified by the investigator; an experimental study. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 11:40, 29 September 2019 Internal validity (hist) [753 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The accuracy of a study's findings with regard to the study subjects. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 11:39, 29 September 2019 Interleukins (hist) [749 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Molecules which relay signals between cells of the immune system. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 11:39, 29 September 2019 Intergenic regions (hist) [764 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "DNA sequences located between genes that comprise a large percentage of the human genome with no known function.")
- 11:39, 29 September 2019 Interferon (hist) [720 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A family of small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.")
- 11:38, 29 September 2019 Insertion mutations (hist) [764 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Changes in the base sequence of a DNA molecule resulting from the random integration of DNA from another source.")
- 11:38, 29 September 2019 Inserted genes (hist) [838 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Genes introduced into the DNA of a recombinant organism which are not present at the same position in the DNA of the organism before genetic modification. Source: Biotechnolog...")
- 11:38, 29 September 2019 Inositol lipid (hist) [783 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A membrane-anchored phospholipid that transduces hormonal signals by stimulating the release of any of several chemical messengers.")
- 11:38, 29 September 2019 Initiation codon (hist) [734 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The mRNA sequence AUG, coding for methionine, which initiates translation of mRNA.")
- 11:35, 29 September 2019 Immunoglobulins (hist) [813 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Large proteins from which anti-bodies are formed, and which are then capable of combining with foreign substances (antigens). Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 11:35, 29 September 2019 Immortalizing oncogene (hist) [737 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A gene that upon transfection enables a primary cell to grow indefinitely in culture.")
- 16:19, 27 September 2019 Hypertriglyceridaemia (hist) [774 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Concentrations of tryglycerides in the blood higher than normal (or reference) values. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 16:19, 27 September 2019 Hypertension (hist) [945 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A disorder characterised by elevated blood pressure persistently exceeding systolic\diastolic pressures of 140\90 mm Hg. There may be no visible signs, but the condition poses...")
- 16:18, 27 September 2019 Hyperlipidaemia (hist) [837 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A condition arising from an increased concentration in the blood of cholesterol, triglycerides or both. These lipids are in the form of lipoproteins. Source: Biotechnology Glo...")
- 16:18, 27 September 2019 Hyperglycaemia (hist) [799 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A greater than normal concentration of glucose in the blood, most frequently associated with diabetes mellitus. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 16:18, 27 September 2019 Hypercholesterolaemia (hist) [808 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Concentrations of cholesterol in the blood higher than normal (or reference) values. Causes include dietary and genetic. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 16:17, 27 September 2019 Hydrolyse (hist) [886 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "To split a chemical compound into its constituents by the addition of water. Hydrolysis may be purely chemical or catalysed by enzymes. Digestion is normally achieved by enzym...")
- 16:10, 27 September 2019 Human growth hormone (hist) [787 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A protein produced in the pituitary gland that stimulates the liver to produce somatomedins, which stimulate growth of bone and muscle.")
- 16:09, 27 September 2019 Human Genome Project (hist) [821 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A project coordinated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to determine the entire nucleotide sequence of the human chromosomes.")
- 16:08, 27 September 2019 Homologous recombination (hist) [813 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The exchange of DNA fragments between two DNA molecules or chromatids of paired chromosomes (during crossing over) at the site of identical nucleotide sequences.")
- 16:07, 27 September 2019 HnRNA (hist) [686 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Heterogeneous nuclear RNA.")
- 16:07, 27 September 2019 Histamine (hist) [879 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An amine found in all tissues of the body. Large amounts are released by mast cells when the body encounters a substance to which it is sensitive, thereby triggering symptoms...")
- 16:07, 27 September 2019 High density lipoproteins (hist) [853 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Plasma lipoproteins containing relatively low concentrations of cholesterol and other lipids; thought to be beneficial because they cycle cholesterol out of tissues. Source: B...")
- 16:07, 27 September 2019 HGH (hist) [681 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Human growth hormone.")
- 16:06, 27 September 2019 Heterogeneous nuclear RNA (hist) [789 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The name originally given to large RNA molecules found in the nucleus, which are now known to be unedited mRNA transcripts, or pre-mRNAs.")
- 16:06, 27 September 2019 Heteroduplex (hist) [745 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A double-stranded DNA molecule or DNA-RNA hybrid, where each strand is of a different origin.")
- 16:06, 27 September 2019 Heterocyclics (hist) [788 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Cyclic organic molecules containing one or more hetero atoms (e.g., nitrogen, sulphur, oxygen, etc.) Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 16:04, 27 September 2019 Hedonic (hist) [958 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Generally involving the psychological range of feelings from pleasant to unpleasant.HepatitisInflammation of the liver, generally accompanied by abdominal discomfort. There ma...")
- 16:03, 27 September 2019 Hazard identification (hist) [853 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The identification of biological, chemical and physical agents capable of causing adverse health effects which may be present in a particular food or group of foods. Source: B...")
- 16:03, 27 September 2019 Hazard characterisation (hist) [1,045 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The qualitative and/or quantitative evaluation of the nature of the adverse health effects associated with biological, chemical and physical agents which may be present in foo...")
- 16:03, 27 September 2019 Hazard (hist) [817 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A biological, chemical or physical agent in a food, or condition of a food, with the potential to cause an adverse health effect. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 15:58, 27 September 2019 Haploid cell (hist) [735 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A cell containing only one set, or half the usual (diploid) number, of chromosomes.")
- 15:33, 27 September 2019 Growth phase (hist) [788 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The characteristic periods in the growth of a bacterial culture, as indicated by the shape of a graph of viable cell number versus time.")
- 15:33, 27 September 2019 Growth factor (hist) [741 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A serum protein that stimulates cell division when it binds to its cell-surface receptor.")
- 15:33, 27 September 2019 Growth curve (hist) [673 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Growth phase.")
- 15:33, 27 September 2019 Green revolution (hist) [809 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Advances in genetics, petrochemicals, and machinery that culminated in a dramatic increase in crop productivity during the third quarter of the 20th century.")
- 15:31, 27 September 2019 Glycaemic index (hist) [1,018 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A method for assessing the comparative effects of different carbohydrates on the pattern of changes in the concentration of glucose in the blood following a meal. A dose of 50...")
- 15:31, 27 September 2019 Gluthathione peroxidases (hist) [784 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A family of antioxidant molecule produced naturally in the human body and present in some foods. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 15:31, 27 September 2019 Glutathione (hist) [797 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A small-molecular-weight antioxidant molecule produced naturally in the human body and present in some foods. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 15:31, 27 September 2019 Glucose tolerance test (hist) [1,030 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A test of the body's ability to metabolise carbohydrate by administering a standard dose of glucose under controlled conditions and measuring the blood and urine for sugar at...")
- 15:31, 27 September 2019 Germ cell (germ line) gene therapy (hist) [805 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The repair or replacement of a defective gene within the gamete-forming tissues, which produces a heritable change in an organism's genetic constitution.")
- 15:30, 27 September 2019 GEO (hist) [684 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Genetically engineered organism.")
- 15:28, 27 September 2019 Genomic library (hist) [699 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A library composed of fragments of genomic DNA.")
- 15:28, 27 September 2019 Genetic stability (hist) [831 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A measure of the resistance to change, with time, of the sequence of genes within a DNA molecule or of the nucleic acid sequence within a gene. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 15:27, 27 September 2019 Genetic Modification (hist) [836 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The addition, deletion, substitution, rearrangement or recombination of heritable genetic material using techniques defined in Directive 90\220\EEC. Source: Biotechnology Glos...")
- 15:26, 27 September 2019 Genetic linkage map (hist) [871 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A linear map of the relative positions of genes along a chromosome. Distances are established by linkage analysis, which determines the frequency at which two gene loci become...")
- 15:04, 27 September 2019 Genetic disease (hist) [861 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A disease that has its origin in changes to the genetic material, DNA. Usually refers to diseases that are inherited in a Mendelian fashion, although noninherited forms of can...")
- 15:03, 27 September 2019 Genetic assimilation (hist) [802 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Eventual extinction of a natural species as massive pollen flow occurs from another related species and the older crop becomes more like the new crop.")
- 15:02, 27 September 2019 Genetic (hist) [760 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Inherited; a genetic disease is one that is inherited via a faulty gene. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 15:02, 27 September 2019 Gene translocation (hist) [769 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The movement of a gene fragment from one chromosomal location to another, which often alters or abolishes expression.")
- 15:02, 27 September 2019 Gene splicing (hist) [711 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Combining genes from different organisms into one organism.")
- 15:01, 27 September 2019 Gene modification (hist) [707 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The chemical repair of a gene's defective DNA sequence.")
- 15:01, 27 September 2019 Gene linkage (hist) [719 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The hereditary association of genes located on the same chromosome.")
- 15:01, 27 September 2019 Gene insertion (hist) [732 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The addition of one or more copies of a normal gene into a defective chromosome.")
- 15:00, 27 September 2019 Gene frequency (hist) [714 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The percentage of a given allele in a population of organisms.")
- 15:00, 27 September 2019 Gene flow (hist) [726 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The exchange of genes between different but (usually) related populations.")
- 15:00, 27 September 2019 Gene expression (hist) [726 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The process of producing a protein from its DNA-and mRNA-coding sequences.")
- 15:00, 27 September 2019 Gene cloning (hist) [777 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The process of synthesizing multiple copies of a particular DNA sequence using a bacteria cell or another organism as a host.")
- 14:59, 27 September 2019 Gene amplification (hist) [778 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The presence of multiple genes. Amplification is one mechanism through which proto-oncogenes are activated in malignant cells.")
- 14:59, 27 September 2019 GEM (hist) [691 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A genetically engineered microorganism.")
- 14:58, 27 September 2019 Gastrointestinal tract (hist) [1,222 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The organ along which food travels from the mouth until the undigested remnants emerge as stools. Mixing and some digestion occur in the stomach where the environment is acidi...")
- 13:13, 27 September 2019 Fusion gene (hist) [831 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A hybrid gene created by joining portions of two different genes (to produce a new protein) or by joining a gene to a different promoter (to alter or regulate gene transcripti...")
- 13:13, 27 September 2019 Fungus (hist) [691 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A microorganism that lacks chlorophyll.")
- 13:11, 27 September 2019 Food safety requirement (hist) [773 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A company-defined target considered necessary to comply with a food safety objective. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 13:11, 27 September 2019 Food safety objective (hist) [838 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A government-defined target considered necessary to protect the health of consumers (this may apply to raw materials, a process or finished products). Source: Biotechnology Gl...")
- 13:11, 27 September 2019 Food record (hist) [773 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A method of dietary assessment in which subjects records the foods that they consume. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 13:11, 27 September 2019 Food frequency questionnaire (hist) [834 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A method of dietary assessment in which subjects are asked to recall how frequently certain foods were consumed during a specified period of time. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 13:11, 27 September 2019 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (hist) [689 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Food and Drug Administration.")
- 13:10, 27 September 2019 Foetal alcohol syndrome (hist) [830 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Defects in the growth and development of the foetus resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol by the mother or possibly even the father. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 13:09, 27 September 2019 Flanking region (hist) [723 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The DNA sequences extending on either side of a specific locus or gene.")
- 13:09, 27 September 2019 Fibrosis (hist) [859 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A condition in which there is a proliferation of fibrous or connective tissue. It is often associated with the information of scar tissue following an injury or infection. Sou...")
- 13:09, 27 September 2019 Fermented foods (hist) [776 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Foods that have been subjected to processing involving the action of yeasts or bacteria. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 13:03, 27 September 2019 Fatty streaks (hist) [827 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Slightly raised fatty deposits in arteries that do not cause obstruction; possibly but not definitely precursors of atherosclerotic plaque. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 13:02, 27 September 2019 Fatty liver (hist) [847 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An abnormal accumulation of fat in the liver associated, in extreme cases, with abdominal discomfort. It often precedes other liver diseases such as cirrhosis. Source: Biotech...")
- 13:02, 27 September 2019 Fat-soluble vitamins (hist) [958 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Vitamins - organic substances that cannot be produced in the body but are essential for cellular functions and must be obtained from the diet - carried in fat and usually acqu...")
- 13:01, 27 September 2019 Fat substitutes (hist) [781 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Compounds that can replace conventional fat in foods and carry out all of the same functions. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 13:01, 27 September 2019 Fat mimetics (hist) [756 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Compounds that carry out only some of the functions of fat in foods. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 12:29, 27 September 2019 External validity (hist) [772 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The generalisability of a study's findings to persons other than the study subjects. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 12:29, 27 September 2019 Expression library (hist) [668 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Library.")
- 12:29, 27 September 2019 Express (hist) [707 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "To translate a gene's message into a molecular product.")
- 12:28, 27 September 2019 Experimental design (hist) [1,624 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Nutrition science advances by observation (for example, nutritional epidemiologists observe statistical associations between what people eat and their patterns of health and d...")
- 12:27, 27 September 2019 Ethidium bromide (hist) [741 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A fluorescent dye used to stain DNA and RNA. The dye fluoresces when exposed to UV light.")
- 12:26, 27 September 2019 Escherichia coli (hist) [833 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A commensal bacterium inhabiting the human colon that is widely used in biology, both as a simple model of cell biochemical function and as a host for molecular cloning experi...")
- 12:25, 27 September 2019 Enzymes (hist) [949 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "* Proteins that control the various steps in all chemical (metabolic) reactions. * Proteins which catalyse the reactions of metabolism, speeding them up without themselves bei...")
- 12:24, 27 September 2019 Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (hist) [873 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(ELISA) a sensitive, inexpensive assay technique involving the use of antibodies coupled with indicators (e.g., enzymes linked to dyes) to detect the presence of specific subs...")
- 12:24, 27 September 2019 Enterocytes (hist) [797 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Cells which line the small intestine. They have three major functions of secretion, digestion and absorption. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 12:23, 27 September 2019 Energy Intake (hist) [881 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The chemical energy in foods that can be metabolised to produce energy available to the body; usually used to mean the day's total energy (calories) supplied by all the food a...")
- 12:23, 27 September 2019 Energy Expenditure (hist) [997 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Utilisation by the body of chemical energy from food components or body stores during the process of metabolism which is eventually dissipated as heat plus the heat generated...")
- 12:23, 27 September 2019 Energy Density (hist) [720 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Energy content per gram of food. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 12:23, 27 September 2019 Endophyte (hist) [690 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An organism that lives inside another.")
- 12:22, 27 September 2019 Endogenous (hist) [721 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Originating from within the body. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 12:21, 27 September 2019 Encapsidation (hist) [715 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Process by which a virus' nucleic acid is enclosed in a capsid.")
- 12:21, 27 September 2019 Electroporation (hist) [840 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A method for transforrning DNA, especially useful for plant cells, in which high voltage pulses of electricity are used to open pores in cell membranes, through which foreign...")
- 12:20, 27 September 2019 Electrolytes (hist) [806 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Positively or negatively charged ions dissolved in the extracellular or intracellular water (see also Anion + cation). Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 12:18, 27 September 2019 Ecological study (hist) [837 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A study that compares the rates of exposures and diseases in different populations using aggregate data on exposure and disease, not individual data. Source: Biotechnology Glo...")
- 11:48, 27 September 2019 Duplex DNA (hist) [672 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Double-stranded DNA.")
- 11:48, 27 September 2019 DscDNA (hist) [694 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See double-stranded complementary DNA.")
- 11:47, 27 September 2019 Downstream (hist) [703 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The region extending in a 3' direction from a gene.")
- 11:47, 27 September 2019 Double-blind food challenge (hist) [813 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Food challenge test where neither the patient nor the clinical investigator knows the identity of the administered substance. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 11:47, 27 September 2019 Double helix (hist) [843 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Describes the coiling of the antiparallel strands of the DNA molecule, resembling a spiral staircase in which the paired bases form the steps and the sugar-phosphate backbones...")
- 11:47, 27 September 2019 Double-stranded complementary DNA (hist) [702 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A duplex DNA molecule copied from a cDNA template.")
- 11:47, 27 September 2019 Dose-response assessment (hist) [893 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The determination of the relationship between the magnitude of exposure (dose) to a biological, chemical or physical agent and the severity and\or frequency of associated adve...")
- 11:46, 27 September 2019 Dormancy (hist) [790 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A period in which a plant does not grow, awaiting necessary environmental conditions such as temperature, moisture, nutrient availability.")
- 11:46, 27 September 2019 Dominant(-acting) oncogene (hist) [755 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A gene that stimulates cell proliferation and contributes to oncogenesis when present in a single copy.")
- 11:46, 27 September 2019 Dominant gene (hist) [714 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A gene whose phenotype is when it is present in a single copy.")
- 11:46, 27 September 2019 Dominant (hist) [758 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An allele is said to be dominant if it expresses its phenotype even in the presence of a recessive allele.")
- 11:46, 27 September 2019 DNase (hist) [669 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Nuclease.")
- 11:46, 27 September 2019 DNA sequencing (hist) [721 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Procedures for determining the nucleotide sequence of a DNA fragment.")
- 11:45, 27 September 2019 DNA probe (hist) [895 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "a fragment of DNA used to recognize a specific complementary DNA sequence, or gene(s). Probes can be employed, for example, to bind to the genetic material of microbes for pur...")
- 11:45, 27 September 2019 DNA polymorphism (hist) [809 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "One of two or more alternate forms (alleles) of a chromosomal locus that differ in nucleotide sequence or have variable numbers of repeated nucleotide units.")
- 11:45, 27 September 2019 DNA polymerase (hist) [671 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Polymerase.")
- 11:45, 27 September 2019 DNA ligase (hist) [667 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Ligase.")
- 11:45, 27 September 2019 DNA fingerprint (hist) [863 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The unique pattern of DNA fragments identified by Southern hybridization (using a probe that binds to a polymorphic region of DNA) or by polymerase chain reaction (using prime...")
- 11:44, 27 September 2019 DNA diagnosis (hist) [722 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The use of DNA polymorphisms to detect the presence of a disease gene.")
- 11:44, 27 September 2019 Directional cloning (hist) [941 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "DNA insert and vector molecules are digested with two different restriction enzymes to create noncomplementary sticky ends at either end of each restriction fragment. This all...")
- 11:44, 27 September 2019 Diploid cell (hist) [704 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A cell which contains two copies of each chromosome.")
- 11:43, 27 September 2019 Digest (hist) [716 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "To cut DNA molecules with one or more restriction endonucleases.")
- 11:43, 27 September 2019 Dietary recall (hist) [811 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A method of dietary assessment in which subjects are asked to recall their food consumption over a specific period of time. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 11:43, 27 September 2019 Diet History (hist) [802 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A method of dietary assessment in which subjects are asked open-ended questions about their usual dietary intakes. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 11:42, 27 September 2019 DidN (hist) [678 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Dideoxynucleotide.")
- 11:42, 27 September 2019 Dideoxynucleotide (hist) [871 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A deoxynucleotide that lacks a 3' hydroxyl group, and is thus unable to form a 3'-5' phosphodiester bond necessary for chain elongation. Dideoxynucleotides are used in DNA seq...")
- 11:42, 27 September 2019 Diabetes mellitus (hist) [1,250 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A metabolic disorder in which the hormone insulin is ineffective either because of a failure of the pancreas to secrete it (type I, insulin-dependent, (IDDM), or juvenile onse...")
- 11:41, 27 September 2019 Descriptive epidemiology (hist) [830 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The study of variations in the occurrence of disease in terms of person, place and time, without the purpose of establishing causal inference. <br/>Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 11:40, 27 September 2019 Dental caries (hist) [1,181 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A disease affecting the hard tissues of the teeth resulting in progressive decay. Bacteria that accumulate in a dense mass known as plaque on the surface of the teeth ferment...")
- 11:39, 27 September 2019 Density gradient centrifugation (hist) [792 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "High-speed centrifugation in which molecules "float" at a point where their density equals that in a gradient of cesium chloride or sucrose.")
- 11:39, 27 September 2019 Denature (hist) [971 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "To induce structural alterations that disrupt the biological activity of a molecule. Often refers to breaking hydrogen bonds between base pairs in double-stranded nucleic acid...")
- 11:39, 27 September 2019 Dehalogenate (hist) [797 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "to remove chlorine or bromine ions from common organic contaminants and thereby reduce either their toxicity or the difficulty of degrading them.")
- 11:39, 27 September 2019 Death phase (hist) [744 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The final growth phase, during which nutrients have been depleted and cell number decreases.")
- 11:38, 27 September 2019 Dalton (hist) [763 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A unit of measurement equal to the mass of a hydrogen atom, 1.67 x 10<sup>-24</sup> gram/L (Avogadro's number).")
- 10:34, 27 September 2019 Cyclic AMP (hist) [803 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A second messenger that regulates many intracellular reactions by transducing signals from extracellular growth factors to cellular metabolic pathways.")
- 15:37, 26 September 2019 Cross-pollination (hist) [722 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Fertilization of a plant from a plant with a different genetic makeup.")
- 15:37, 26 September 2019 Crossing-over (hist) [742 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The exchange of DNA sequences between chromatids of homologous chromosomes during meiosis.")
- 15:37, 26 September 2019 Cross-hybridization (hist) [909 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The hydrogen bonding of a single-stranded DNA sequence that is partially but not entirely complementary to a singlestranded substrate. Often, this involves hybridizing a DNA p...")
- 15:16, 26 September 2019 Coronary heart disease (hist) [994 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A condition in which the main arteries supplying the heart are blocked and no longer able to supply sufficient blood, and therefore oxygen, to the heart muscle (myocardium), w...")
- 15:15, 26 September 2019 Copy DNA (hist) [665 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See cDNA.")
- 15:15, 26 September 2019 Contiguous (contig) map (hist) [798 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The alignment of sequence data from large, adjacent regions of the genome to produce a continuous nucleotide sequence across a chromosomal region.")
- 15:15, 26 September 2019 Constitutive promoter (hist) [739 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An unregulated promoter that allows for continual transcription of its associated gene.")
- 15:01, 26 September 2019 Coniothyrium minitans CON/M/91-08 (hist) [922 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Coniothyrium minitans'' strain CON/M/91-08 is a naturally occurring strain of Coniothyrium fungi used to treat soil to control the common plant pathogens, Sclerotinia sclero...")
- 15:00, 26 September 2019 Congestive heart failure (hist) [719 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See cardiovascular disease. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 15:00, 26 September 2019 Confounding factors (hist) [807 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Factors that distort an association because they are associated with an exposure as well as a disease or other outcome. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 15:00, 26 September 2019 Confidence interval (hist) [749 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The range of values within which a variable is likely to lie. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 15:00, 26 September 2019 Concatemer (hist) [715 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A DNA segment composed of repeated sequences linked end to end.")
- 14:59, 26 September 2019 Complementary nucleotides (hist) [780 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Members of the pairs adenine-thymine, adenine-uracil, and guaninecytosine that have the ability to hydrogen bond to one another.")
- 14:59, 26 September 2019 Complementary DNA or RNA (hist) [721 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The matching strand of a DNA or RNA molecule to which its bases pair.")
- 14:59, 26 September 2019 Complement (hist) [741 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Blood proteins that amplify the action of antibodies. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 14:59, 26 September 2019 Competency (hist) [777 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An ephemeral state, induced by treatment with cold cations, during which bacterial cells are capable of uptaking foreign DNA.")
- 14:58, 26 September 2019 Colony (hist) [726 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A group of identical cells (clones) derived from a single progenitor cell.")
- 14:58, 26 September 2019 Cohort or follow-up study (hist) [1,007 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A study design in which data on exposures to possible risk factors for disease are collected from a group of people (cohort) who do not have the disease under investigation. T...")
- 14:58, 26 September 2019 Cognitive ability (hist) [710 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Knowledge, perception. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 14:57, 26 September 2019 Cofactor (hist) [669 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Coenzyme.")
- 14:57, 26 September 2019 Co-enzyme (hist) [792 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An organic compound which combines with an enzyme and plays an essential part in its catalytic reaction. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 14:55, 26 September 2019 Co-Carcinogen (hist) [786 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A chemical substance that enhances the action of a carcinogen but does not itself initiate cancer. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 14:55, 26 September 2019 Coat protein (hist) [724 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The coating of a protein that enclosed the nucleic acid core of a virus.")
- 14:53, 26 September 2019 Cis fatty acid (hist) [873 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The form of most naturally occurring unsaturated fatty acids, where the hydrogen bonds are on adjacent sides of double bonds, resulting in a bend in the hydrocarbon chain at t...")
- 14:53, 26 September 2019 Cirrhosis (hist) [891 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A chronic degenerative disease of the liver. Fat infiltration occurs, the cells degenerate, the liver architecture is destroyed by fibrous tissue, blood supply is reduced and...")
- 14:53, 26 September 2019 Chylomicrons (hist) [855 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Large particles composed mainly of triglycerides stabilised with a protein and phospholipid surface, which carry fats recently absorbed from a meal in the bloodstream. Source:...")
- 14:53, 26 September 2019 Chromosome walking (hist) [778 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Working from a flanking DNA marker, overlapping clones are successively identified that span a chromosomal region of interest.")
- 14:52, 26 September 2019 Cholesterol (hist) [869 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A lipid (sterol) made in the body from acetyl-CoA and present in the diet; a constituent of cell membranes (especially in nervous system tissues), blood and atherosclerotic pl...")
- 14:51, 26 September 2019 Chloramphenicol (hist) [705 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An antibiotic that interferes with protein synthesis.")
- 14:51, 26 September 2019 Chemotherapy (hist) [739 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A treatment for cancers that involves administering chemicals toxic to malignant cells.")
- 14:51, 26 September 2019 Challenge test (hist) [797 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Reintroduction of a food previously eliminated from the diet on suspicion that it caused an adverse reaction. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 14:50, 26 September 2019 Centrifugation (hist) [836 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Separating molecules by size or density using centrifugal forces generated by a spinning rotor. G forces of several hundred thousand times gravity are generated in ultracentri...")
- 14:50, 26 September 2019 Central dogma (hist) [762 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Francis Crick's seminal concept that in nature genetic information generally flows from DNA to RNA to protein.")
- 14:50, 26 September 2019 Centers of origin (hist) [756 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Usually the location in the world where the oldest cultivation of a particular crop has been identified.")
- 14:50, 26 September 2019 Cellular oncogene (hist) [749 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A normal gene that when mutated or improperly expressed contributes to the development of cancer.")
- 14:49, 26 September 2019 CDNA library (hist) [713 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A library composed of complementary copies of cellular mRNAs.")
- 14:49, 26 September 2019 CDNA (hist) [717 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "DNA synthesized from an RNA template using reverse transcriptase.")
- 14:48, 26 September 2019 Cataract (hist) [809 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A disorder in which the lens of the eye becomes partly or completely opaque as a result of the precipitation of proteins. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 14:47, 26 September 2019 Catalytic RNA (hist) [715 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A natural or synthetic RNA molecule that cuts an RNA substrate.")
- 14:47, 26 September 2019 Catalytic antibody (hist) [785 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An antibody selected for its ability to catalyze a chemical reaction by binding to and stabilizing the transition state intermediate.")
- 14:47, 26 September 2019 Case-control study (hist) [864 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A study design in which persons with a disease (cases) are compared with those without the disease (controls) to see how their exposures to causative factors may have differed...")
- 14:46, 26 September 2019 Carotenoids (hist) [973 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A group of red, orange and yellow pigments found in plant food and in the tissues of organisms that consume plants. Carotenoids have antioxidant activity. Some, but not all, c...")
- 14:45, 26 September 2019 Cardiovascular disease (hist) [937 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(CVD) Any one of numerous abnormal conditions characterised by dysfunction of the heart and blood vessels (see also coronary heart disease and stroke). Other types of CVD ment...")
- 14:44, 26 September 2019 Carcinogenesis (hist) [739 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The complex, multistep process of cancer causation. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 14:42, 26 September 2019 Capsid (hist) [673 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Coat protein.")
- 10:39, 26 September 2019 Bulimia (hist) [823 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An eating disorder consisting of an insatiable craving for food, often resulting in voracious eating followed by self-induced vomiting. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 10:38, 26 September 2019 Boll Weevil Aggregation Pheromon (hist) [838 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This pheromone attracts cotton boll weevils to a malathion trap, where the weevils die. The pheromone mixture has no known toxicity and is not expected to harm people or the e...")
- 10:37, 26 September 2019 Blood pressure (hist) [934 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The pressure exerted by the circulating blood on the walls of arteries and veins and in the heart chambers. When the heart contracts, the maximum pressure exerted is the systo...")
- 10:37, 26 September 2019 BLAST (hist) [776 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A computer program that identifies homologous (similar) genes in different organisms, such as human, fruit fly, or nematode.")
- 10:37, 26 September 2019 Birth defect (hist) [785 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Any harmful trait, physical or biochemical, present at birth, whether a result of a genetic mutation or some other nongenetic factor.")
- 10:37, 26 September 2019 Biotic stress (hist) [750 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Living organisms which can harm plants , such as viruses, fungi, and bacteria, and harmful insects.")
- 10:36, 26 September 2019 Biosynthesis (hist) [707 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "production of a chemical compound by a living organism.")
- 10:36, 26 September 2019 Bioremediation (hist) [1,151 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "the use of living organisms or their products to degrade wastes into less toxic or non-toxic products and to concentrate and immobilize toxic elements, such as heavy metals. B...")
- 10:36, 26 September 2019 Bioreactor (hist) [739 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "a chamber where biological growth, product formation, and/or enzymatic reactions occur.")
- 10:35, 26 September 2019 Biomolecular materials (hist) [828 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "complex biological macromolecules that can have unusual combinations of properties (e.g., strong and supple yet lightweight). These materials comprise a subset of biomaterials.")
- 10:35, 26 September 2019 Biomimetic (hist) [696 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "mimicking a biological substance or process.")
- 10:35, 26 September 2019 Biomaterials (hist) [803 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "materials with novel chemical, physical, mechanical, or "intelligent" properties, produced through processes that employ or mimic biological phenomena.")
- 10:34, 26 September 2019 Biomarker (hist) [950 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An effect in a biological system. Measurements in the human body or its products. Some biomarkers, such as the levels of certain vitamins in blood serum, are used as indices o...")
- 10:33, 26 September 2019 Bioinformatics (hist) [799 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The science of managing and analyzing biological data using advanced computing techniques. Especially important in analyzing genomic research data.")
- 10:33, 26 September 2019 Biofilms (hist) [675 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Microbial mats.")
- 10:33, 26 September 2019 Bioenrichment (hist) [725 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Adding nutrients or oxygen to increase microbial breakdown of pollutants.")
- 10:31, 26 September 2019 Bioaugmentation (hist) [750 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Increasing the activity of bacteria that decompose pollutants; a technique used in bioremediation.")
- 10:23, 26 September 2019 Beta-Lactamase (hist) [679 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Ampicillin resistance gene.")
- 10:22, 26 September 2019 Beta-DNA (hist) [741 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The normal form of DNA found in biological systems, which exists as a right-handed helix.")
- 10:22, 26 September 2019 Behavioral genetics (hist) [699 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The study of genes that may influence behavior.")
- 10:22, 26 September 2019 Beauveria bassiana GHA (hist) [873 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Beauveria bassiana strain GHA is a fungus that is used as a pesticide for controlling many kinds of insects. The active ingredient can be used on all food crops and many non-f...")
- 10:21, 26 September 2019 Beauveria bassiana ATCC 74040 (hist) [977 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Beauveria bassiana ATCC 74040 is a fungus that is used as a pesticide for controlling many kinds of insects. This active ingredient is present in several products that can be...")
- 10:21, 26 September 2019 B-Cryptoxanthin (hist) [738 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A carotenoid pigment found in a biological system. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 10:21, 26 September 2019 B-Carotene (hist) [831 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The most abundant of the carotenoids. b-Carotene has strong provitamin A activity. Unlike vitamin A itself, b-carotene is a strong antioxidant. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 10:21, 26 September 2019 Basophil (hist) [782 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A type of white blood cell that contributes to inflammatory reactions and symptoms of allergy. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 10:21, 26 September 2019 Base sequence analysis (hist) [717 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A method, sometimes automated, for determining the base sequence.")
- 10:20, 26 September 2019 Base sequence (hist) [754 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The order of nucleotide bases in a DNA molecule; determines structure of proteins encoded by that DNA.")
- 10:19, 26 September 2019 Bacterium (hist) [753 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A single-celled, microscopic prokaryotic organism: a single cell organism without a distinct nucleus.")
- 10:19, 26 September 2019 Bacteriostat (hist) [715 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A class of antibiotics that prevents growth of bacterial cells.")
- 10:18, 26 September 2019 Bacteriocide (hist) [702 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A class of antibiotics that kills bacterial cells.")
- 10:18, 26 September 2019 Bacterial artificial chromosome (hist) [839 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A vector used to clone DNA fragments (100- to 300-kb insert size; average, 150 kb) in Escherichia coli cells. Based on naturally occurring F-factor plasmid found in the bacter...")
- 10:17, 26 September 2019 Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki M-200 (hist) [928 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies kurstaki strain M-200 is approved for manufacturing-use and for the control of lepidoterous pests of tree fruits, terrestrial small fruits an...")
- 10:17, 26 September 2019 Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis EG2215 (hist) [1,060 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies israelensis strain EG2215 is a manufacturing use product designed for production of end-use products for mosquito control. The end-use sites...")
- 10:17, 26 September 2019 Bacillus thuringiensis (hist) [785 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A bacterium that is used for controlling moth larvae on a wide range of crops; a major component of the microbial pesticide industry.")
- 10:17, 26 September 2019 Bacillus subtilis var. amyloliquefaciens FZB24 (hist) [840 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Bacillus subtilis var. amyloliquefaciens strain FZB24 is a naturally occurring bacterium that can be used to control various fungal diseases in non-food crops, and to enhance...")
- 10:16, 26 September 2019 Bacillus subtilis QST 713 (hist) [859 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Bacillus subtilis strain QST 713 is a naturally occurring widespread bacterium that can be used to control plant diseases and fungal pathogens including: blight, scab, gray mo...")
- 10:16, 26 September 2019 Bacillus subtilis MBI 600 (hist) [956 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Bacillus subtilis MBI 600 is a bacterium which is used in fungicide products as a treatment for seeds of cotton, beans, barley, wheat, corn, peas, peanuts and soybeans. Produc...")
- 10:16, 26 September 2019 Bacillus subtilis GBO3 (hist) [959 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Bacillus subtilis GBO3 is a bacterium that is used as a fungicide on flower and ornamental seeds, and on agricultural seeds including seeds for cotton, vegetables, peanuts, an...")
- 10:16, 26 September 2019 Bacillus sphaericus Serotype H5a5b 2362 (hist) [947 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Bacillus sphaericus Serotype H5a5b strain 2362 is a naturally occurring bacterium that is found in the United States and throughout the world. It kills mosquito larvae when th...")
- 10:16, 26 September 2019 Bacillus cereus BP01 (hist) [781 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Bacillus cereus strain BP01 is a microbial plant regulator that is used on cotton to produce higher quality cotton at lower cost.")
- 10:14, 26 September 2019 B cells (hist) [799 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "(B lymphocytes) White blood cells derived from stem cells in bone marrow and elsewhere that produce antibodies. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 13:01, 25 September 2019 Avuncular relationship (hist) [731 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The genetic relationship between nieces and nephews and their aunts and uncles.")
- 13:00, 25 September 2019 Avogadro's hypothesis (hist) [783 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The hypothesis that equal volumes of two different gases at the same temperature and pressure contain the same number of molecules.")
- 12:59, 25 September 2019 Autosomal dominant (hist) [823 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A gene on one of the non-sex chromosomes that is always expressed, even if only one copy is present. The chance of passing the gene to offspring is 50% for each pregnancy.")
- 12:59, 25 September 2019 Autoradiography (hist) [858 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A technique that uses X-ray film to visualize radioactively labeled molecules or fragments of molecules; used in analyzing length and number of DNA fragments after they are se...")
- 12:59, 25 September 2019 ATPase (hist) [705 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An enzyme that hydrolyzes ATP into ADP and phosphate.")
- 12:59, 25 September 2019 ATP synthase (hist) [824 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of phosphate and ADP into ATP during oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria and bacteria or photophosphorylation in chloroplasts.")
- 12:58, 25 September 2019 Atherosclerosis (hist) [931 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A degenerative disease of arteries in which there is thickening caused by an accumulation of material (plaque) beneath the inner lining, eventually restricting blood flow. The...")
- 12:58, 25 September 2019 AT/GC ratio (hist) [741 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The ratio of adenine-thymine base pairs to guanine-cytosine base pairs on a DNA molecule.")
- 12:58, 25 September 2019 AT content (hist) [823 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The percentage of nitrogenous bases on a DNA molecule which are either adenine or thymine (from a possibility of four different ones, also including cytosine and guanine).")
- 12:58, 25 September 2019 Asthma (hist) [764 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Breathing difficulty caused by narrowing of the air passages that is reversible. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 12:58, 25 September 2019 Assembly (hist) [728 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Putting sequenced fragments of DNA into their correct chromosomal positions.")
- 12:57, 25 September 2019 Aspergillus (hist) [1,063 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "''Aspergillus'' is a genus of filamentous fungi belonging to Deuteromycetes. Fungi in this genus are easy to grow; some produce a wide range of useful enzymes, but others are...")
- 12:57, 25 September 2019 Asexual reproduction (hist) [723 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Nonsexual means of reproduction which can include grafting and budding.")
- 12:57, 25 September 2019 Arthus reaction (hist) [773 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "An immediate inflammatory response to solid deposits of antigen-antibody complexes within tissues or blood vessels walls.")
- 12:56, 25 September 2019 Arrhenius equation (hist) [800 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This equation expresses the logarithmic relationship between the rate constant of a reaction and the reciprocal of the temperature (expressed in K).")
- 12:56, 25 September 2019 Arrayed library (hist) [1,056 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Individual primary recombinant clones (hosted in phage, cosmid, YAC, or other vector) that are placed in two-dimensional arrays in microtiter dishes. Each primary clone can be...")
- 12:56, 25 September 2019 APUD cells (hist) [957 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with ""Amine Precursor Uptake and Decarboxylation": a group of apparently unrelated endocrine cells found throughout the body which have a number of similar characteristics and whic...")
- 12:56, 25 September 2019 A-protein (hist) [837 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A protein found in the cell wall of the bacterium ''Staphylococcus aureus'' which binds to the Fc section of immunoglobulins and is therefore used to collect antigen-antibody...")
- 12:56, 25 September 2019 Apoptosis (hist) [753 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.")
- 12:53, 25 September 2019 APGAR score (hist) [3,146 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<html> <P>This is a scoring system for the evaluation of newborn babies developed by Dr. Virginia Apgar in 1953. A score of 0, 1, or 2 is given to five vital signs which are a...")
- 12:40, 25 September 2019 Antisense RNA (hist) [770 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A complementary RNA sequence that binds to a naturally occurring (sense) mRNA molecule, thus blocking its translation.")
- 12:40, 25 September 2019 Antisense (hist) [804 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Nucleic acid that has a sequence exactly opposite to an mRNA molecule made by the body; binds to the mRNA molecule to prevent a protein from being made.")
- 12:40, 25 September 2019 Antioxidant (hist) [761 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Any substance which can delay or prevent oxidation in the presence of oxygen. Source: Biotechnology Glossary")
- 12:39, 25 September 2019 Anti-oncogene (hist) [679 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See Recessive oncogene.")
- 12:39, 25 September 2019 Antimicrobial agent (hist) [725 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Any chemical or biological agent that harms the growth of microorganisms.")
- 12:39, 25 September 2019 Antigenic switching (hist) [781 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The altering of a microorganism's surface antigens through genetic rearrangement, to elude detection by the host's immune system.")
- 12:39, 25 September 2019 Antigenic determinant (hist) [763 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "A surface feature of a microorganism or macromolecule, such as a glycoprotein, that elicits an immune response.")
- 12:37, 25 September 2019 Anticipation (hist) [854 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Each generation of offspring has increased severity of a genetic disorder; e.g., a grandchild may have earlier onset and more severe symptoms than the parent, who had earlier...")
- 12:36, 25 September 2019 Antibiotic resistance (hist) [786 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The ability of a microorganism to produce a protein that disables an antibiotic or prevents transport of the antibiotic into the cell.")
- 12:35, 25 September 2019 Annotation (hist) [797 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Adding pertinent information such as gene coded for, amino acid sequence, or other commentary to the database entry of raw sequence of DNA bases.")
- 12:35, 25 September 2019 Anneal (hist) [834 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The pairing of complementary DNA or RNA sequences, via hydrogen bonding, to form a double-stranded polynucleotide. Most often used to describe the binding of a short primer or...")
- 12:34, 25 September 2019 Animal model (hist) [675 bytes] Webref (talk | contribs) (Created page with "See model organisms")