Disomic
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Disomic is an adjective meaning Having one or more chromosomes present twice, but without having the entire genome doubled.
Meaning
Having one or more chromosomes present twice, but without having the entire genome doubled.
More Meanings
- In allotetraploids, relating to inheritance that involves pairing of homologous chromosomes from the same diploid ancestor
- Such an organism
Word Forms
- disomics
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include polysomic, dihaploid, homodiploid, dodecaploid, heterodiploid, trisomic.
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