Dysomy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dysomy is a noun meaning (genetics) The inheritance of a pair of non-identical chromosomes.
Meaning
(genetics) The inheritance of a pair of non-identical chromosomes.
Example Sentences
In humans, loss of imprinting or uniparental dysomy of imprinted genes contributes to diseases such as Prader-Willi, Angelman, and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndromes, all of which present cognitive dysfunctions.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include heterodisomy, disomy, nondisjunction, isodisomy, nullisomic, dysploidy.
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