View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. A gene is a unit of inheritance, passed from parent to offspring, made up of DNA. Depending on the definition, a gene may be considered a stretch ...

The genetic code is a set of rules defining how the four-letter code of DNA is translated into the 20-letter code of amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins. The genetic code is a ...

Heterozygous Describes an individual who has inherited two different alleles of the same gene from their parents Homozygous Describes an individual who has inherited the same allele for a gene ...

LUTHOR HD 3’mRNA-seq libraries display comprehensive transcription profiles, enabling high-definition gene expression characterization from single eukaryotic cells, cell biopsies, or purified ...