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microheteroplasmy

microheteroplasmy noun: very small-scale heteroplasmy, typically in mitochondrial DNA.

Noun

microheteroplasmy (uncountable)

  1. Very small-scale heteroplasmy, typically in mitochondrial DNA

Origin of microheteroplasmy

From micro- + heteroplasmy.

Questions about microheteroplasmy

What does microheteroplasmy mean?
Microheteroplasmy means very small-scale heteroplasmy, typically in mitochondrial DNA.
What part of speech is microheteroplasmy?
Microheteroplasmy is a noun.

Words near microheteroplasmy in the dictionary

  1. microheterogeneity
  2. microheterogeneous
  3. microheterogenicity
  4. microheterologies
  5. microheterology
  6. microheteroplasmy
  7. microheterotroph
  8. microheterotrophic
  9. microheterotrophs
  10. microhistochemical
  11. microhistochemistry

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