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Meaning of heterodisomy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The inheritance of a pair of non-identical chromosomes from one parent

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Both of isodisomy and heterodisomy can cause genome imprinting disorders, but only uniparental isodisomy can cause recessive disorders if the chromosome harbors a disease-causing mutation.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

heterodispersity heterodistyly heterodisulfide heterododecamer heterodomain heterodont

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