mosaicism

mosaicism
/moh zay"euh siz'euhm/, n. Biol.
a condition in which an organism or part is composed of two or more genetically distinct tissues owing to experimental manipulation or to faulty distribution of genetic material during mitosis.
[1925-30; MOSAIC + -ISM]

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  • mosaicism — mosaicism. См. мозаицизм. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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  • mosaicism — noun Date: 1926 the condition of possessing cells of two or more different genetic constitutions …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • mosaicism — n. condition in which an organism contains two distinctly different genetic tissues (Biology) …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • mosaicism — mo·sa·i·cism …   English syllables

  • mosaicism — n. a condition in which the cells of an individual do not all contain identical chromosomes; there may be two or more genetically different populations of cells. Often one of the cell populations is normal and the other carries a chromosome… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • mosaicism — mo•sa•i•cism [[t]moʊˈzeɪ əˌsɪz əm[/t]] n. dvl a condition in which an organism or part is composed of two or more genetically distinct tissues …   From formal English to slang

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