Genetics Mandarin vocabulary

Genetics Vocabulary (遗传学词汇)

基因 (jīyīn) — Gene; 基因组 (jīyīnzǔ) — Genome; 遗传 (yíchuán) — Inheritance; heredity; 隔代遗传 (gédài yíchuán) — Atavism; reversion; 显性遗传 (xiǎnxìng yíchuán) — Dominant inheritance; 隐性遗传 (yǐnxìng yíchuán) — Recessive inheritance; 半显性遗传 (bànxiǎnxìng yíchuán) — Semidominant inheritance; 显性基因 (xiǎnxìng jīyīn) — Dominant gene; 隐性基因 (yǐnxìng jīyīn) — Recessive gene; 半显性基因 (bànxiǎnxìng jīyīn) — Semidominant gene; 纯合子 (chúnhézǐ) — Homozygote; 杂合子 (záhézǐ) — Heterozygote; 遗传病 (yíchuánbìng) — Inherited disease; genetic disorder; 变异 (biànyì) — Variation; mutation; 染色体 (rǎnsètǐ) — Chromosome; 常染色体 (chángrǎnsètǐ) — Autosome; 性染色体 (xìngrǎnsètǐ) — Sex chromosome; 突变 (tūbiàn) — Mutation; 等位基因 (děngwèi jīyīn) — Allele; allelic genes; 亲子鉴定 (qīnzǐ jiàndìng) — Parentage testing; paternity test; 白化病 (báihuàbìng) — Albinism; 色盲 (sèmáng) — Color blindness; 红绿色盲 (hóng-lǜ sèmáng) — Red-green blindness; 色弱 (sèruò) — Color weakness; 近亲 (jìnqīn) — Close relative; near relation

Vocabulary List 1 (词汇表一)

母亲 (mǔqīn) — Mother; 父亲 (fùqīn) — Father; 携带 (xiédài) — To carry; 携带者 (xiédàizhě) — Carrier; 百分 (bǎifēn) — Percentage; 男孩 (nánhái) — Boy; 女孩 (nǚhái) — Girl; 肯定 (kěndìng) — Certain; 小孩 (xiǎohái) — Child; 怀疑 (huáiyí) — To suspect; 儿子 (érzi) — Son; 女儿 (nǚ'ér) — Daughter; 家族 (jiāzú) — Family; clan; 祖父 (zǔfù) — Grandfather; 祖母 (zǔmǔ) — Grandmother; 后代 (hòudài) — Offspring; 患 (huàn) — To suffer from; 可能性 (kěnéngxìng) — Probability; 完全 (wánquán) — Absolutely; 遗憾 (yíhàn) — To regret; to lament; 目前 (mùqián) — Present moment; for the time being; 办法 (bànfǎ) — Way; means; method

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