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I identical twins ?? -- See monozygotic twins. Ig ?? -- See immunoglobulin. imaginal disc ?? -- Discrete groups of cells set aside during embryogenesis in holometabolous insects which are determined to form the external body parts of the adult. immunoglobulin ?? -- The class of serum proteins having the properties of antibodies. inborn error of metabolism ?? -- A biochemical disorder that is genetically controlled; usually an enzyme defect that produces a clinical syndrome. inbreeding ?? -- Mating between closely related organisms. inbreeding depression ?? -- A decrease in viability, vigor, or growth in progeny following several rounds of inbreeding. incomplete dominance ?? -- Expression of heterozygous phenotype which is distinct from, and often intermediate to, that of either parent. incomplete linkage ?? -- Occasional separation of two genes on the same chromosome by a recombinational event. independent assortment ?? -- The independent behavior of each pair of homologous chromosomes during their segregation in meiosis I. The random distribution of maternal and paternal homologs into gametes. inducer ?? -- An effector molecule that activates transcription. inducible enzyme system ?? -- An enzyme system under the control of a regulatory molecule, or inducer, which acts to block a repressor and allow transcription. HYPERLINK file:///F:\\xingwanjin\\PPT%20files\\bisai\\glossary.htm \l gtop#gtop Back to top initiation codon ?? -- The triplet of nucleotides (AUG) in an mRNA molecule that codes for the insertion of the amino acid methionine as the first amino acid in a polypeptide chain. insertion sequence ?? -- See IS element. in situ hybridization ?? -- A technique for the cytological localization of DNA sequences complementary to a given nucleic acid or polynucleotide. intercalary deletion ?? -- A form of chromosome deletion where material is lost from within the chromosome. Deletions that involve the end of the chromosome are called terminal deletions. intercalati