Single gene inheritance. Single gene inheritance, also called Mendelian or monogenetic inheritance. This type of inheritance is caused by changes or mutations that occur in the DNA sequence of a single gene. There are more than 6,000 known single-gene disorders, which occur in about 1 out of every 200 births.ome examples of monogenetic disorders include: 1  cystic fibrosis, 2  sickle cell anemia, 3  Marfan syndrome, 4  Huntington's disease, and. 5  hemochromatosis.
The secret is in the chemical composition of dry ice, which is carbon dioxide in solid form. At room temperature, carbon dioxide exists as a gasâthe very gas we exhale every time we breath. But this familiar compound has some unusual physical properties.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: dry ice(Noun) Carbon dioxide frozen in the solid state, used especially as a cooling agent and for the production of fog-like special effects. It sublimes at -78.5u00B0C (-109.3u00B0F) at normal atmospheric pressure.