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Definition: Genetic Marker |
Genetic MarkerNoun1. A specific gene that produces a recognizable trait and can be used in family or population studies. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Medicine | A gene, whose phenotypic expression is usually easily discerned, used to identify an individual or a cell that carries it. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Genetic Marker |
| Specialty definitions using "genetic marker": positional candidate gene. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | That situation changed in 1983, when a team of scientists supported by the NINDS located the first genetic marker for HD—the initial step in developing a laboratory test for the disease. (references) | |
Finding a genetic marker (a biochemical abnormality that all TS patients might share) for TS would be a major step toward understanding the genetic risk factors for TS. Once the marker is found, research efforts would then focus on locating the TS gene(s). (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
genetic marker | 9 |
genetic marker tumor | 4 |
cattle genetic marker | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "genetic marker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | genetisk markør (genetic tag, selectable marker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | genetische marker (genetic tag, selectable marker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | geenitunnistin (genetic tag, selectable marker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | marqueur génétique (genetic tag). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | genetischer Marker (genetic tag, selectable marker), genetische Markierungseigenschaft (genetic tag, selectable marker), genetische Markierung (genetic tag, selectable marker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γενετικός ιχνηθÎτης (genetic tag, selectable marker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | marcatore genico (genetic tag, selectable marker), marcatore genetico (genetic tag, selectable marker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eneticgay arkermay marcador genético (genetic tag, selectable marker). (various references) marcador genético (genetic tag, selectable marker). (various references) genetisk markör (genetic tag, selectable marker). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-g-i-k-m-n-r-r-t" | |
-1 letter: racketeering. | |
-2 letters: remarketing. | |
-3 letters: antimerger, recreating, reerecting, retracking. | |
-4 letters: agreement, careering, centigram, certainer, cratering, cremating, energetic, germinate, marketeer, marketing, menagerie, racketeer, racketier, racketing, recrating, remarking, remeeting, reracking, retacking, reteaming, retearing, retracing, terracing. | |
-5 letters: agenetic, amercing, ankerite, antimere, argentic, careener, catering, cementer, centiare, cerement, crankier, creakier, creaking, creamier, creaming, creatine, creating, emceeing, emergent, emeritae, emigrant, emigrate, erecting, geminate, generate, gentrice, germanic, gratinee, greenier, grimacer, icemaker, increate, interage, iterance, magnetic, marketer, mergence, meterage, metering, reacting, rearmice, rearming, recamier, recanter, recenter, recreant, recreate, regainer, regiment, remaking, remarket, remating, reremice, retainer, retaking, teenager, tinkerer, tracking, trackmen. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 65 6E 65 74 69 63 4D 61 72 6B 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110100 01101001 01100011 00100000 01001101 01100001 01110010 01101011 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G e n e t i c   M a r k e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0065 006E 0065 0074 0069 0063 004D 0061 0072 006B 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)417180718675692476784777184 |
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