"heterodisomy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: heterodisomies [plural]
Etymology: hetero- + disomy Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|hetero|disomy}} hetero- + disomy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} heterodisomy (countable and uncountable, plural heterodisomies)
  1. (genetics) The inheritance of a pair of non-identical chromosomes from one parent Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Genetics Related terms: isodisomy

Inflected forms

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