Blatant Biology

The process of generating data to determine whether a hypothesis is true or not

Process of creating a research question that can be studied, usually based on an observation

The process of interpreting data, categorising; ‘stamp collecting’

Technique using next generation sequencing technologies to obtain the sequence of nucleic acid present in an individual cell

Estimate of the degree of variation in a phenotypic trait in a population, that is due to genetic variation between individuals in that population

A distinct characteristic / phenotype of an organism

Statistical model used to analyse the results of twin and adoption studies, aiming to categorise phenotypic variation into 3 categories of genetic and population variation

Genetic effect where more than one gene contributes towards a phenotype, and the phenotypic expression of those genes can be the sum of their individual contribution

The shared environment component of the ACE model

The variation in environment between pairs in the ACE model, plus measurement errors

twins that are genetically identical

twins that are genetically different

The proportion of phenotypic variation that is due to genetic values (additive, dominance, epistasis, environmental, …)

The proportion of phenotypic variation due to additive genetic values (no environmental component, simpler to calculate)