🧪Genetic Testing

Analyzing DNA to identify genetic conditions or predispositions.

🌱Genetically Modified Organism

An organism whose genetic material has been altered using biotechnology.

📚Genome

The complete set of genetic material in an organism.

📊Genome-Wide Association Study

A study linking genetic variants to specific traits or diseases.

🧬Genomics

The study of entire genomes and their functions.

🔤Genotype

The genetic makeup of an organism.

🩸Hemophilia

A genetic disorder impairing the blood's ability to clot.

🧬Heredity

The passing of traits from parents to offspring through genes.

🔀Heterozygous

Having two different alleles for a particular gene.

📦Histone

A protein that packages DNA into structural units.

🟰Homozygous

Having two identical alleles for a particular gene.

🧠Huntington's Disease

A progressive genetic disorder affecting nerve cells in the brain.

➕Insertion

A mutation where extra nucleotides are added to DNA.

🔬Karyotype

A visual display of an organism's chromosomes.

🎲Law of Independent Assortment

The principle that genes for different traits assort independently.

✂️Law of Segregation

The principle that alleles separate during gamete formation.

➗Meiosis

Cell division producing gametes with half the chromosome number.

📜Mendelian Inheritance

Patterns of inheritance following Mendel's laws of segregation and assortment.

📨Messenger RNA

RNA that carries genetic information from DNA to ribosomes.

🟰Mitosis

Cell division producing two identical daughter cells.

1️⃣Monosomy

The absence of one chromosome from a pair.

💥Mutation

A change in the DNA sequence that can alter gene function.

⚡Next-Generation Sequencing

High-throughput technologies for rapidly sequencing DNA.

🎚️Operon

A cluster of genes regulated together in bacteria.

🌳Pedigree

A diagram showing the inheritance of traits across generations.

🫀Personalized Medicine

Tailoring medical treatment to an individual's genetic profile.

💊Pharmacogenomics

The study of how genes affect a person's response to drugs.

👁️Phenotype

The observable physical and behavioral traits of an organism.

⭕Plasmid

A small circular DNA molecule used as a vector.

1️⃣Point Mutation

A mutation affecting a single nucleotide in DNA.