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hexasomy

hexasomy noun: a form of aneuploidy featuring the presence of six homologues of the same chromosome.

Noun

hexasomy (uncountable)

  1. A form of aneuploidy featuring the presence of six homologues of the same chromosome.
    • Thus the condition of quadruplicate tetrasomy, triplicate hexasomy, in the apple, and probably several other data of the literature would deserve a statistical treatment according to Propach’s procedure before attaining classical significance.1939, B.R. Nebel, “Chromosome Structure” in the Botanical Review V, № 11 (Chromosome Structure, November 1939), page 586
    • sSMC are scientifically interesting due to their still not completely understood mode of formation, karyotypic evolution and the fact, that their presence may lead to chromosomal imbalances (partial tri-, tetra- or hexasomies) without detectable clinical consequences.2007, Thomas Liehr et al., “Small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMC) in humans; are there B chromosomes hidden among them?” in Molecular Cytogenetics I, № 12 (2008), page 2 of 7

Origin of hexasomy

From hexasom(ic) + -y.

Questions about hexasomy

What does hexasomy mean?
Hexasomy means a form of aneuploidy featuring the presence of six homologues of the same chromosome.
What part of speech is hexasomy?
Hexasomy is a noun.

Words near hexasomy in the dictionary

  1. hexasolvate
  2. hexasolvates
  3. hexasome
  4. hexasomes
  5. hexasomic
  6. hexasomy
  7. hexaspermous
  8. hexastatin
  9. hexaster
  10. hexasterophorid
  11. hexasterophorids

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