geneticists
DNA sequence analysts
Geneticists are scientists who study genes and heredity—how traits pass from parents to offspring and how DNA determines biological characteristics.
They work in fields ranging from medicine to agriculture: Geneticists identified the mutation responsible for the disease.
Some specialize in human genetics, others in plant breeding or evolutionary biology.
Gene-bearing nuclear structures
- genesUnits of heredity
- nucleotidesDNA and RNA subunits
- double helixTwo intertwined spirals
- base pairsBonded DNA building blocks
sequencing · replication · transcription · translation · adenine · thymine · cytosine · guanine
Facility for scientific investigation
- sequencingDetermining element order
- epigeneticsHeritable expression changes, sequence intact
- bioinformaticsComputational analysis of genetic data
- haplotypeLinked genetic variants inherited together
locus · mapping · Drosophila · biobank · phenotyping · genotyping · microarray · data analysis
Gene-editing molecular machinery
- cloningMaking identical copies
- synthetic biologyEngineering novel living systems
- knockoutIncapacitating final blow
- knockinHitting to announce
vectors · plasmids · recombinant DNA · PCR · bioengineering · Cas9
Property received from ancestors
- traitsDistinguishing personal features
- dominantHaving superior influence
- recessiveMasked unless paired identically
- pedigreeRecord of descent
family tree · bloodline · ancestry · lineage · progeny · descendants · congenital · Mendelian
Differential reproductive success
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- common ancestorOrigin point of descendants
divergence · fitness · coevolution · bottleneck · selective pressure · polymorphism · microevolution · macroevolution
Genetic disorder thickening mucus
- sickle cellInherited blood cell malformation
- Huntington'sInherited neurodegenerative condition
- Down syndromeThird chromosome 21 present
- hemophiliaGenetic clotting impairment
Tay-Sachs · muscular dystrophy · thalassemia · prenatal testing · karyotype · chromosomal abnormality · trisomy · deletion
chromosomes
Gene-bearing nuclear structures
- genesUnits of heredity
- nucleotidesDNA and RNA subunits
- double helixTwo intertwined spirals
base pairs · sequencing · replication · transcription · translation · adenine · thymine · cytosine · guanine · polymerase
laboratory
Facility for scientific investigation
- sequencingDetermining element order
- epigeneticsHeritable expression changes, sequence intact
- bioinformaticsComputational analysis of genetic data
haplotype · locus · mapping · Drosophila · biobank · phenotyping · genotyping · microarray · data analysis · peer review
CRISPR
Gene-editing molecular machinery
- cloningMaking identical copies
- synthetic biologyEngineering novel living systems
- knockoutIncapacitating final blow
knockin · vectors · plasmids · recombinant DNA · PCR · bioengineering · Cas9
inheritance
Property received from ancestors
- traitsDistinguishing personal features
- dominantHaving superior influence
- recessiveMasked unless paired identically
pedigree · family tree · bloodline · ancestry · lineage · progeny · descendants · congenital · Mendelian · carrier
natural selection
Differential reproductive success
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
common ancestor · divergence · fitness · coevolution · bottleneck · selective pressure · polymorphism · microevolution · macroevolution · clade
cystic fibrosis
Genetic disorder thickening mucus
- sickle cellInherited blood cell malformation
- Huntington'sInherited neurodegenerative condition
- Down syndromeThird chromosome 21 present
hemophilia · Tay-Sachs · muscular dystrophy · thalassemia · prenatal testing · karyotype · chromosomal abnormality · trisomy · deletion · translocation
- Plant Breedershybridizers, crossbreeders, propagators, cultivators, Gregor Mendel
- academicsprofessor, course, university professors, math, professors
- industry workerstechnicians, scientists, researchers, engineers, managers
- medical professionalsdoctor, doctors, physician, physicians, surgeon
- animal breeding jobscattle breeders, horse breeders, dog breeders
- microbiologistsbacteriologists, virologists, mycologists, parasitologists, Louis Pasteur
geneticistsbehaviorists
Scientists studying observable conduct
environmentalists · sociologists · existentialists · social scientists · epidemiologists
geneticistsphysicians
Medical doctors collectively
clinicians · practitioners · therapists · surgeons · general practitioners
geneticistsphysicians
Medical doctors collectively
clinicians · ecologists · physiologists · anatomists · epidemiologists