dysomy

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dysomy (uncountable)

  1. (genetics) The inheritance of a pair of non-identical chromosomes
    • 2015 October 24, “Insulin Like Growth Factor 2 Expression in the Rat Brain Both in Basal Condition and following Learning Predominantly Derives from the Maternal Allele”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      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.