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isodisomy

isodisomy noun: the duplication of a single chromosome inherited from one parent.

Noun

isodisomy (usually uncountable, plural isodisomies)

  1. (usually) The 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

Forms of isodisomy

pluralisodisomies

Origin of isodisomy

From iso- + disomy.

Words formed from isodisomy

Questions about isodisomy

What does isodisomy mean?
Isodisomy means the duplication of a single chromosome inherited from one parent.
What part of speech is isodisomy?
Isodisomy is a noun.
What is the plural of isodisomy?
The plural of isodisomy is isodisomies.

Words near isodisomy in the dictionary

  1. isodiphasic
  2. isodirectional
  3. isodirectionality
  4. isodisomic
  5. isodisomies
  6. isodisomy
  7. isodisperse
  8. isodispersion
  9. isodisplacement
  10. isodisplacements
  11. isodistance

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