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cytogenetics

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cytogenetics /cy·to·ge·net·ics/ (-jĕ-net´iks) the branch of genetics devoted to cellular constituents concerned in heredity, i.e. chromosomes.
clinical cytogenetics  the branch of cytogenetics concerned with relations between chromosomal abnormalities and pathologic conditions.

cy·to·ge·net·ics (st-j-ntks)
n.
The branch of biology that deals with heredity and the cellular components, particularly chromosomes, associated with heredity.

cyto·ge·neti·cist (--sst) n.

cytogenetics
[sī′tōjənet′iks]
the branch of genetics that studies the cellular constituents concerned with heredity, primarily the structure, function, and origin of the chromosomes. One kind of cytogenetics is clinical cytogenetics. Also called cytogenics. cytogenetic, adj.

cytogenetics [si″to-jĕ-net´iks]
that branch of genetics devoted to the cellular constituents concerned in heredity, i.e., the chromosomes.
clinical cytogenetics the branch of cytogenetics concerned with relations between chromosomal abnormalities and pathologic conditions.

cytogenetics
that branch of genetics devoted to the cellular constituents concerned in heredity, i.e. the chromosomes; the combined sciences of genetics and cytology.

clinical cytogenetics
the branch of cytogenetics concerned with relations between chromosomal abnormalities and pathological conditions.


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Janet Davison Rowley, MD, a founder in the field of cancer cytogenetics and a renowned leader in molecular oncology, will receive the 2009 Genetics Prize of The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation.
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Professor Christine Harrison and Dr Anthony Moorman at the Northern Institute for Cancer Research in Newcastle are managing the UK Acute Leukaemia Cytogenetics Database, which has cytogenetic information on more than 20,000 patients with acute leukaemia entered into UK treatment trials.
 
 
 
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