evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… … Universalium
Natural selection — For other uses, see Natural Selection (disambiguation). Part of a series on Evolutionary Biology … Wikipedia
Waxy corn — (maize) was found in China in 1909. As this plant showed many peculiar traits, the American breeders long used it as a genetic marker to tag the existence of hidden genes in other maize breeding programs. In 1922 a researcher found that the… … Wikipedia
Dominance (genetics) — For other uses, see Dominance. A pedigree chart shows how genes are inherited. Dominance in genetics is a relationship between two variant forms (alleles) of a single gene, in which one allele masks the effect of the other in influencing some… … Wikipedia
Mosaic (genetics) — In genetic medicine, a mosaic or mosaicism denotes the presence of two populations of cells with different genotypes in one individual who has developed from a single fertilized egg.[1] Mosaicism may result from a mutation during development… … Wikipedia
Nutrigenomics — is the study of the effects of foods and food constituents on gene expression. It is about how our DNA is transcribed into mRNA and then to proteins and provides a basis for understanding the biological activity of food components. [1]… … Wikipedia
Race and health — research is mostly from the United States. It has found both current and historical racial differences in the frequency, treatments, and availability of treatments for several diseases. This can add up to significant group differences in… … Wikipedia
Backcrossing — Not to be confused with Breeding back. Backcrossing is a crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent, in order to achieve offspring with a genetic identity which is closer to that of the parent … Wikipedia
Hardy–Weinberg principle — for two alleles: the horizontal axis shows the two allele frequencies p and q and the vertical axis shows the genotype frequencies. Each graph shows one of the three possible genotypes. The Hardy–Weinberg principle (also known by a variety of… … Wikipedia
Polymorphism (biology) — Light morph Jaguar (typical) Dark morph or melanistic Jaguar (about … Wikipedia
Molecular Inversion Probe — (MIP)[1] belongs to the class of Capture by Circularization molecular techniques [1] for performing genomic partitioning, a process through which one captures and enriches specific regions of the genome[2]. Probes used in this technique are… … Wikipedia
