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hemizygous [hem΄i zī′gəs]adj.being or having a gene, esp. one on the X chromosome, that lacks an allelic complement and which therefore always expresses the trait which it carries
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hemizygous — [hem΄i zī′gəs] adj. being or having a gene, esp. one on the X chromosome, that lacks an allelic complement and which therefore always expresses the trait which it carries … English World dictionary
hemizygous — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+|zīgəs, hēˈmizə̇gəs adjective Etymology: hemi (I) + zygous : having or characterized by unpaired genes or a haploid organism or generation a hemizygous sex chromosome … Useful english dictionary
hemizygous gene — hemizigotinis genas statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Genas, neturintis homologų homologinėse chromosomose. Tokie yra visi haploidinių organizmų genai, taip pat heterogametinėse lytinėse ir neporinėse monosomikų chromosomose esantys… … Žemės ūkio augalų selekcijos ir sėklininkystės terminų žodynas
hemizygous — adjective Date: circa 1921 having or characterized by one or more genes (as in a genetic deficiency or in an X chromosome paired with a Y chromosome) that have no allelic counterparts … New Collegiate Dictionary
hemizygous — adj. [Gr. hemisys, half; zygon, yoke] A gene with no allele; gene in a haploid organism; sex linked gene as in xy xx; gene in a part of a chromosome where the corresponding part has been deleted … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
hemizygous — adjective Having some single copies of genes in an otherwise diploid cell or organism … Wiktionary
hemizygous — Having unpaired genes in an otherwise diploid cell; males are normally h. for genes on both sex chromosomes. SYN: hemizygotic. * * * hemi·zy·gous zī gəs adj having or characterized by one or more genes (as in a genetic deficiency or in an X… … Medical dictionary
hemizygous — adj. (Biology) of or pertaining to a hemizygote, of or pertaining to an individual that has only one gene out of a pair … English contemporary dictionary
hemizygous — hemi·zy·gous … English syllables
hemizygous — adj. describing genes that are carried on an unpaired chromosome, for example the genes on the X chromosome in males. Derivatives: hemizygote n … The new mediacal dictionary
