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hemizygously

hemizygously adverb: in a hemizygous manner.

Adverb

hemizygously (not comparable)

  1. In a hemizygous manner
    • Both CNV assays with pre-designed TaqMan and UPL probes confirmed that the coding sequence of PRPF31 from chr19:54,618,875 to chr19:54,634,248 (exons 1 to 13) was hemizygously deleted in the two affected and present at two copies in the six unaffected members of the family.2015 July 22, “Application of Whole Exome Sequencing in Six Families with an Initial Diagnosis of Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa: Lessons Learned”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of hemizygously

From hemizygous + -ly.

Questions about hemizygously

What does hemizygously mean?
Hemizygously means in a hemizygous manner.
What part of speech is hemizygously?
Hemizygously is an adverb.

Words near hemizygously in the dictionary

  1. hemizygosity
  2. hemizygote
  3. hemizygotes
  4. hemizygotic
  5. hemizygous
  6. hemizygously
  7. Hemker
  8. Hemkers
  9. hemless
  10. hemline
  11. hemline theory

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