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heterozygosity

NOUN
  1. the state of being heterozygous; having two different alleles of the same gene

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  • There was, however, a weak correlation at the sibship level between mean growth rate and microsatellite expected heterozygosity. Naturejobs - All Jobs
  • Method Polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism were used to examine 40 oral malignant tumors for loss of heterozygosity at chromosome 3p.
  • Methods We used the polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) to examine 40 oral squamous cell carcinomas for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at APC.
  • Using two highly variable microsatellites (heterozygosity H = 0.615-0.616), we show that this species is an apomict with rare sexual reproduction events that account for 0.5% of seeds pollinated in the wild.
  • The rate at which heterozygosity is lost depends on the extent to which chromosomes and chromatids segregate randomly during anaphase.
  • Method Polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism were used to examine 40 oral malignant tumors for loss of heterozygosity at chromosome 3p.
  • The rate of heterozygosity per nucleotide position is closely related to the size of a population and the mutation rate. The Scientist
  • Associations between MHC heterozygosity and infectious diseases in free-ranging animals under natural conditions have been found in Chinook salmon and in Gila topminnow.
  • This structural heterozygosity correlates with both a previously described recombination block and cytologically visible unpaired chromosomes at pachytene.
  • With overdominance, unlike alleles are postulated to result in a stimulating effect, so that genetic heterozygosity per se produces heterosis.
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