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Keywords: Gene, Cystic, Fibrosis, Single, Pair

Related Terms: Allele, Genetic, Genotype, Heritable, Linkage, Mutagenesis, Mutation, Polymorphism, X-Linked, Genetic Polymorphism, Genetic Variation, Dominant Inheritance, Alleles, Frameshift Mutation, Null Mutation, Haplotype, Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, Snp, Mutant, Homozygote, Genetic Linkage, Autosomal Dominant Inheritance, Autosomal Recessive Inheritance, Point Mutation, Polygenic Inheritance, Genomic Imprinting, Autosomal Recessive, Gene Mutation, Spontaneous Mutation, Suppressor Gene, Suppressor Mutation, Epistasis, Recessive Inheritance, Recessive Gene, Dominant Gene, Allozymes, Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, Null Allele, Mutations, Germline Mutation, Genetic Mutation, Polygenic, Loss Of Heterozygosity, Complementation, Polygene, Hereditary Mutation, Haploinsufficiency, Gene Linkage, Somatic Mutations, Single Gene Disorder

A characteristic which is due to the information contained in a single gene.

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A disease or trait caused by variation in a single gene.

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of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by a single pair of genes

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Single gene. 'Monogenic' conditions are caused by a defect in a single gene, eg cystic fibrosis.

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A characteristic controlled by a single gene.

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Caused by a mutation in a single gene.

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Caused by a single pair of genes.

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Coming from one ("mono") gene pair.

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