PhRMA offers free access to the Lexicon in order to help to educate the public, facilitate informed policy discussions, and enable precise understanding and communication related to genetic medicine. A trait is considered to be oligogenic when two or more genes work together to produce the phenotype. The inheritance of characters controlled by a few genes as opposed to polygenic characters. A molecule made up of a small number of nucleotides, typically fewer than 25. These are frequently used as DNA synthesis primers.
Primary oocytes are large cells produced in great number by mitosis.
The ovum or egg cell is the female gamete that participates in the fertilization process. A stretch of triplet codons with an initiator codon at one end and a stop codon sat the other, as identifiable by nucleotide sequences. A unit consisting of one or more cistrons that function coordinately under the control of an operator gene. The female reproductive organ that produces egg cells. The process by which a mature follicle within an ovary releases a secondary oocyte, or egg cell.