A rare chromosomal abnormality in which there is a trisomy of chromosome 18. This inherited condition is also called Edward's syndrome. It is characterized by severe mental ...
Hereditary disorder caused by a mutant allele of a single gene (e.g., Duchenne muscular dystrophy, retinoblastoma, sickle cell disease). See also: polygenic disorders.
In genetics, the expectation that genetic material and the information gained from testing that material will not be available without the donor's consent..
The process of nuclear division in cells that produces daughter cells that are genetically identical to each other and to the parent cell. See also: meiosis.
A disaster which occurred in the Chernobyl power plant in 1986, where one out of four nuclear reactors in the plant exploded, resulting in at least 5% ...