Occupation or Discipline
cytogenetics Audio
cy·to·ge·net·ics [ sahy-toh-juh-net-iks ]
Subclass of:
Science of genetics
Definitions related to cytogenetics:
  • A subdiscipline of genetics which deals with the cytological and molecular analysis of the CHROMOSOMES, and location of the GENES on chromosomes, and the movements of chromosomes during the CELL CYCLE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Subdiscipline of genetics which deals with the cytological and molecular analysis of the chromosomes, and location of the genes on chromosomes, and the movements of chromosomes during the cell cycle.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity, especially the chromosomes. Includes the study of disease states caused by numerical and structural chromosome abnormalities.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The study of the structure, function, and abnormalities of human chromosomes.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Cytogenetics, in cell biology, field that deals with chromosomes and their inheritance, particularly as applied to medical genetics. Chromosomes are microscopic structures found in cells, and malformations associated with them lead to numerous genetic diseases. Chromosomal analysis has steadily...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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