| cross |
In genetic studies, the mating of two individuals or populations. Also called mating.
Ãâó: www.fao.org/docrep/003/X3910E/X3910E06.htm
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| crossing over |
A process in which homologous chromosomes exchange material through the breakage and reunion of two chromatids. A single crossover represents one reciprocal breakage and reunion event. A double crossover requires two simultaneous reciprocal breakage and reunion events. aka recombination; recombination event.
Ãâó: www.fao.org/docrep/003/X3910E/X3910E06.htm
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| crossover |
A recombinant chromosome.
Ãâó: www.fao.org/docrep/003/X3910E/X3910E06.htm
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| crossed tolerance |
the build-up of tolerance towards a group of substances, as a result of long-term consummation of a substance with a similar mechanism of effects
Ãâó: library.thinkquest.org/C0115926/glosary.htm
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| cross-sectional study |
Observational study of characteristics of groups: often those with, versus those without, disease at a single point in time.
Ãâó: www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v2/n2/glossary/nrg0201_...
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