| allele | variant of a gene |
| bioinformatics | |
| centiMorgan (cM) |
| CRISPR |
| depth (coverage) in DNA sequencing |
| epigenetics |
exome
|
genome
|
| GWAS (genome-wide association study |
| imputation | infer a complete genome from a subset (e.g. SNP's); software is available to do so |
microsatellites
| "A microsatellite is a tract of repetitive DNA in which certain DNA
motifs (ranging in length from 2–5 base pairs) are repeated, typically 5-50 times.[1] Microsatellites occur at thousands of locations in the human genome and
they are notable for their high mutation rate and high diversity in the population." They may appear in coding or noncoding regions. |
| nucleobase | cytosine, guanine, adenine, thymine. AT and CG form pairs, with A and G being
purines, and T and C, pyrimidines. Uracil substitutes for thymine in RNA. |
nucleotide
|
| Pseudo-autosomal region | regions of the X and Y chromosomes that act in an
autosomal fashion, in that they undergo recombination with corresponding regions of the opposing chromosome (thus a daughter can inherit portions of her
father's Y chromosome) |
| recombination |
| SNP | Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism
|