genes

=media type="custom" key="23582536"= toc = Definition: = The segments of DNA that are located on the chromosomes and are the basic units for the transmission of all hereditary traits. Gen Psych, CH 2, pp. 60

= Examples: = []
 * This video is about background information on genetics:

= Analogies: = Genes are to chromosomes as blocks are to a tower.

= Mnemonics: = Skinny Genes/ jeans! :)

= In the News: =
 * Genetic Lung Cancer Study
 * NEW YORK — The first large and comprehensive study of the genetics of a common lung cancer finds that more than half the tumors from the cancer have mutations that might be treated by new drugs already in the pipeline or that could be easily developed. For the tens of thousands of patients with that cancer — squamous cell lung cancer — the results are promising because they could foretell a new type of treatment in which drugs are tailored to match the genetic abnormality in each patient, researchers say.
 * This website discusses how genes point to finger diseases []

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