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Pronunciation: /ˈloʊkəs/

locus

Definition

The physical location of a specific gene on a chromosome.

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base pair

BRAF gene

erythroplakia

Hepzato

GTI-2040

guadecitabine

O(6)-benzylguanine

coloanal anastomosis

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onzigolide

relatlimab

VEGFR-2 DNA vaccine VXM01

SB-AS02B adjuvant

Sinemet

threonine tyrosine kinase inhibitor CFI-402257

Neulasta

tegafur

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microsatellite instability

de novo mutation

segregation analysis

Ashkenazi Jews

phenocopy

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

splice-site variant

NGS

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