Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms

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The Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms is a public domain audio/visual glossary of 178 terms relevant to genetics, prepared and hosted by the National Human Genome Research Institute in the United States [1].

The National Human Genome Research Institute(NHGRI) created the Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms to help people without scientific backgrounds understand the terms and concepts used in genetic research. Simply click on the term of interest to open a page with a wealth of information, including the term's pronunciation, audio information, images and additional links to related terms. Students, teachers and parents will find the glossary an easy-to-use, always available learning source on genetics.

—Courtesy: National Human Genome Research Institute [1]

The first version was published in English online in September 1998 by the NHGRI Office of Science Education under the title of "Talking Glossary of Genetics" [2]. The Spanish language version was released after an additional 18 months [2].

[edit] Vocabulary

The current version contains talking explanations and illustrations for 178 terms:

adenine - adenosine deaminase deficiency (ADA) - adenovirus - Alagille syndrome - allele - amino acids - animal model - antibody - antisense - apoptosis - ataxia-telangiectasia - Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) - autosomal dominant - autosome - bacteria - bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) - base pair - birth defect - bone marrow transplantation - BRCA1/BRCA2 - cancer - candidate gene - carcinoma - carrier - cDNA library - cell - centimorgan - centromere - chromosome - cloning - codon - congenital - contig - craniosynostosis - cystic fibrosis - cytogenetic map - cytosine - deletion - deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) - diabetes mellitus - diploid - DNA replication - DNA sequencing - dominant - double helix - duplication - electrophoresis - Ellis - van Creveld syndrome - enzyme - exon - familial Mediterranean fever - fibroblasts - fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) - Fragile X syndrome - gene - gene amplification - gene expression - gene mapping - gene pool - gene therapy - gene transfer - genetic code (ATGC) - genetic counseling - genetic map - genetic marker - genetic screening - genome - genotype - germ line - guanine - haploid - haploinsufficiency - hematopoietic stem cell - hemophilia - heterozygous - highly conserved sequence - Hirschsprung's disease - holoprosencephaly - homologous recombination - homozygous - human artificial chromosome (HAC) - Human Genome Project - human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) - Huntington's disease - hybridization - immunotherapy - in situ hybridization - inherited - insertion - intellectual property rights - intron - karyotype - knockout - leukemia - library - linkage - locus - LOD score - lymphocyte - malformation - mapping - marker - melanoma - Mendel, Johann (Gregor) - Mendelian inheritance - messenger RNA (mRNA) - metaphase - microarray technology - microsatellite - mitochondrial DNA - monosomy - mouse model - multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 1 (MEN1) - mutation - neurofibromatosis - Niemann-Pick disease, type C (NPC) - non-coding DNA - non-directiveness - nonsense mutation - Northern blot - nucleotide - nucleus - oligo - oncogene - oncovirus - p53 - Parkinson's disease - patent - pedigree - peptide - phenotype - physical map - polydactyly - polymerase chain reaction (PCR) - polymorphism - positional cloning - primary immunodeficiency - primer - probe - promoter - pronucleus - prostate cancer - protease - protein - pseudogene - recessive - recombinant DNA - repressor - restriction enzymes - restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) - retrovirus - ribonucleic acid (RNA) - ribosome - risk communication - sequence-tagged site (STS) - severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) - sex chromosome - sex-linked - shotgun sequencing - sickle cell disease - single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) - somatic cells - Southern blot - spectral karyotype (SKY) - substitution - suicide gene - syndrome - technology transfer - thymine - transgenic - translocation - trisomy - tumor suppressor gene - uracil - vector - Western blot - Wolfram syndrome - yeast artificial chromosome (YAC)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms NHGRI retrieved 2007-Apr-27
  2. ^ a b National Human Genome Research Institute#1988 retrieved 2007-Apr-27
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