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oligonucleotide
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Oligogenic
- A phenotypic trait produced by two or more genes working together.
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polygenic disorder
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Oligonucleotide
- A molecule usually composed of 25 or fewer nucleotides; used as a DNA synthesis primer.
See also:
nucleotide
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Oncogene
- A gene, one or more forms of which is associated with cancer. Many oncogenes are involved, directly or indirectly, in controlling the rate of cell growth.
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Open reading frame (ORF)
- The sequence of DNA or RNA located between the start-code sequence (initiation codon) and the stop-code sequence (termination codon).
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Operon
- A set of genes transcribed under the control of an operator gene.
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Overlapping clones
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genomic library
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