isodisomy

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noun

The duplication of a single chromosome inherited from one parent

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounisodisomy (usually uncountable, plural isodisomies)

plural isodisomies

  1. uncountableusuallyThe duplication of a single chromosome inherited from one parent

    Genome-wide SNP array of the family (the patient and her parents) showed complete maternal isodisomy of chromosome 12.

    2015 July 9, “Detection of Hereditary 1,25-Hydroxyvitamin D-Resistant Rickets Caused by Uniparental Disomy of Chromosome 12 Using Genome-Wide Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Array”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

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