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disomic

disomic adjective: having one or more chromosomes present twice, but without having the entire genome doubled.

Adjective

disomic (not comparable)

  1. Having one or more chromosomes present twice, but without having the entire genome doubled
  2. In allotetraploids, relating to inheritance that involves pairing of homologous chromosomes from the same diploid ancestor

Noun

disomic (plural disomics)

  1. Such an organism

Forms of disomic

pluraldisomics

Words formed from disomic

Questions about disomic

What does disomic mean?
Disomic means having one or more chromosomes present twice, but without having the entire genome doubled.
What part of speech is disomic?
Disomic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near disomic in the dictionary

  1. disomatic
  2. disomatous
  3. disomaty
  4. disome
  5. disomes
  6. disomic
  7. disomically
  8. disomics
  9. disomies
  10. disomy
  11. disoperation

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