M1: Approaches in Genetics Flashcards
It is the pattern or mode of inheritance.
Transmission Genetics
Chromosomes and their behavior during mitosis and meiosis.
Cytogenetics
The analysis of the outcomes of crosses between different strains of organisms.
Classical Genetics
The replication, expression, and mutation of genes at molecular level.
Molecular Genetics
Defines how and why certain genetic variation is maintained in populations.
Population Genetics
The statistical relationship between genes and the traits they encode.
Quantitative Genetics
Model organism used for animal development & nervous system.
Caenorhabditis elegans
Model organism used for biomedical research and comparative genomics.
Mus musculus
Model organism used for vertebrate development.
Danio rerio
Model organism used to study colon cancer and other cancers.
E. coli
Model organism used to study Werner syndrome and cancer.
S. cerivisae
Model organism used to study disorders of the nervous system and cancer.
D. melanogaster
Model organism used to study diabetes.
C. elegans
Model organism used to study cardiovascular diseases.
D. rerio
Model organism used to study Lesch-Nyhon disease, cystic fibrosis, and fragile-x syndrome.
M. musculus
