product introduction | the introduction (usually by an advertising campaign) of a new product or product line |
product development | improving an existing product or developing new kinds of products |
product research | marketing research that yields information about desired characteristics of the product or service |
by-product byproduct spin-off | a product made during the manufacture of something else |
end product output | final product, the things produced |
gene chip DNA chip | a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested |
line product line line of products line of merchandise business line line of business | a particular kind of product or merchandise, a nice line of shoes |
merchandise ware product | commodities offered for sale, good business depends on having good merchandise, that store offers a variety of products |
product production | an artifact that has been created by someone or some process, they improve their product every year, they export most of their agricultural production |
software package software product | merchandise consisting of a computer program that is offered for sale |
linkage gene linkage | (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes, all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go) |
gene cistron factor | (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain, it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons, it is considered a unit of heredity, genes were formerly called factors |
dominant gene | gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical, the dominant gene for brown eyes |
homeotic gene | one the genes that are involved in embryologic development |
homeobox homeobox gene | one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development |
lethal gene | any gene that has an effect that causes the death of the organism at any stage of life |
modifier modifier gene | a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene |
mutant gene | a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected |
operator gene | a gene that activates the production of messenger RNA by adjacent structural genes |
oncogene transforming gene | a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells |
recessive gene | gene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical, the recessive gene for blue eyes |
regulatory gene regulator gene | a gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene |
repressor gene | gene that prevents a nonallele from being transcribed |
structural gene | a gene that controls the production of a specific protein or peptide |
suppressor suppresser suppressor gene suppresser gene | a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene) |
tumor suppressor gene | a suppressor gene that blocks unscheduled cell division |
X-linked gene | a gene located on an X chromosome |
Y-linked gene holandric gene | a gene located on a Y chromosome |
product mathematical product | a quantity obtained by multiplication, the product of and is |
vector product cross product | a vector that is the product of two other vectors |
scalar product inner product dot product | a real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors |
product-moment correlation coefficient Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient | the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between variables that are linearly related |
genetic engineering gene-splicing recombinant DNA technology | the technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism |
bar code Universal Product Code | code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser, printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and registers inventory information |
point mutation gene mutation | (genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene |
foodstuff food product | a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food |
dairy product | milk and butter and cheese |
intersection product Cartesian product | the set of elements common to two or more sets, the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things |
transducing vector gene delivery vector | a vector for delivering genes into cells |
Kelly Gene Kelly Eugene Curran Kelly | United States dancer who performed in many musical films (-) |
Sarazen Gene Sarazen | United States golfer who was first to win all four major golf tournaments (-) |
Tunney Gene Tunney James Joseph Tunney | United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (-) |
by-product byproduct | a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence |
product | a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances, skill is the product of hours of practice, his reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue |
gene expression | conversion of the information encoded in a gene first into messenger RNA and then to a protein |
gross national product GNP | former measure of the United States economy, the total market value of goods and services produced by all citizens and capital during a given period (usually yr) |
real gross national product real GNP | a version of the GNP that has been adjusted for the effects of inflation |
gross domestic product GDP | the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in , the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and capital within a nation's borders during a given period (usually year) |
animal product | a product made from animal material |
transposon jumping gene | a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole) |