Cytogenetics is a branch of genetics that is concerned with the study of the structure and function of the cell, especially the chromosomes[1].
cytogenetics
the relationship between the appearance of chromosomes and the genotype/phenotype of the individual
Source: Jenkins, John B. 1990. Human Genetics, 2nd Edition. New York: Harper & Row ...
Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 61, 243-62 (December 1992) contains a complete report of the First International Human Chromosome 12 Workshop [HGN 4(5), 12 (January 1993)] held September 18-20, 1992, at Oxford University.
Cytogenetics. Study that relates the appearance and behavior of chromosomes to genetic phenomenon.
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Dalton. A unit of measurement equal to the mass of a hydrogen atom, 1.67 x 10E-24 gram/L (Avogadro's number).
Cytogenetics
Branch of genetics investigating genetic material (e.g. chromosomes) using cytological methods.
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Genetics
The term which Bateson (1907) coined for the science of heredity and variation (Gk. genesis, descent).
p in cytogenetics, the short arm of a chromosome, in biochemistry, protein as in p16 (a 16 kilodalton protein), in population genetics often used for the frequency of the most common of the possible alleles at a locus. (see q) ...
Editorial:
CYTOGENETICS: New Methods for Expanding the Chromosomal Paint Kit
SCIENCE 26 Jul 1996; 273 (5274):430 (in Research News)
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Cytogenetics of the Black Rat. University Park Press, Baltimore, 1980.
[2] D. Morris. The Mammals. Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1965.
[3] G. H. H. Tate. "Some Muridae of the Indo-Australian region," Bull. Amer. Museum Nat. Hist. 72: 501-728, 1963.
Cytogenetics -- the study of chromosomes. Cystic fibrosis -- an autosomal recessive genetic condition of the exocrine glands, which causes the body to produce excessively thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and pancreas, ...
Primate Cytogenetics Network Karyotypes of a number of primates.
Gene Cards (Weizmann Institute) Search a database for information about a number of human genetic disorders.
Chromosome Abnormality Databases ...
(fluorescence in situ hybridization): One of the more modern methods in cytogenetics, which uses fluorescence-labelled chromosome-specific DNA, probes to detect translocations, inversions, deletions, ...
... Sciences > biology > cell biology > cytogenetics > polyploidy > allopolyploidy ... Resources in allopolyploidy: No resources available for this category. ...
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And these P and Q arms are a part of what we use when we do cytogenetics to say how many chromosomes are present in a cell and what chromosome number they are.
This karyotype was kindly provided by Chih-Lin Hsieh, Molecular & Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory, Stanford University Medical Center.
 See also: Genetics, Human, Chromosome, Genome, DNA
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