Few wish to inherit the balding ____ yet many do.

noun

1. A specific sequence of nucleotides in DNA or RNA that is located usually on a chromosome and that is the functional unit of inheritance controlling the transmission and expression of one or more traits by specifying the structure of a particular polypeptide and especially a protein or controlling the function of other genetic material

noun combining form

1. Producer

   "androgen"

2. One that is (so) produced

   "cultigen"

noun

1. A genetic process that involves nonreciprocal meiotic recombination in heterozygotes in which a mismatched DNA sequence from one heteroduplex DNA strand is replaced with a sequence complementary to the other strand resulting in aberrant gametic ratios (such as 3:1) and that is observed especially in ascomycetous fungi

noun

1. The use of biotechnological techniques to make changes to specific DNA sequences in the genome of a living organism

   "Fundamental research into the ways by which bacteria defend themselves against viruses has recently led to the development of powerful new techniques that make it possible to perform gene editing—that is, precisely altering genetic sequences—in living cells, including those of humans, at much higher accuracy and efficiency than ever before possible."

noun

1. The passage and establishment of genes typical of one breeding population into the gene pool of another

noun

1. The ratio of the number of a specified allele in a population to the total of all alleles at its genetic locus

noun

1. A permanent alteration (as by point mutation or frameshift mutation) in the nucleotide sequence of a gene

   "Researchers have identified a gene mutation that's believed to predispose people to malignant melanoma, the deadliest and most aggressive type of skin cancer."

2. a permanent alteration (as by point mutation or frameshift mutation) in the nucleotide sequence of a gene

noun

1. The collection of genes in an interbreeding population that includes each gene at a certain frequency in relation to its alleles the genetic information of a population of interbreeding organisms

   "the human gene pool"

noun

1. The process of preparing recombinant DNA

noun

1. The insertion of usually genetically altered genes into cells especially to replace defective genes in the treatment of genetic disorders or to provide a specialized disease-fighting function