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Meaning of "dominantly inherited"
dominantly inherited - This phrase is used in genetics to describe a trait or condition that is passed down from one generation to another in a dominant manner. This means that only one copy of the gene responsible for the trait needs to be inherited in order for the trait to be expressed
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dominantly inherited
An extended family with a dominantly inherited speech disorder.
This dominantly inherited genetic trait is known as lactase persistence.
These loci are all autosomal dominantly inherited with reduced penetrance.
As in dominantly inherited repeat expansion diseases only one allele is expanded.
A proportion of these mutations will directly give rise to dominantly inherited diseases.
It is dominantly inherited.
The Eker rat became an important model of dominantly inherited cancer.
Being a dominantly inherited disease, the affected patients have one unexpanded allele and one expanded allele.
These alleles do not account for all dominantly inherited white spotting in horses.
By contrast, in so-called dominantly inherited genetic disorders, a single defective copy can cause illness.
Each participant was a member of a pedigree with a known mutation for dominantly inherited Alzheimer disease.
OTX2 is dominantly inherited.
The research is part of a large, multicountry study called DIAN ( for Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer 's Network ).
O GSS in a family with dominantly inherited progressive ataxia.
You are over 18 years old AND have a parent with Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer 's disease.
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LGMD1D proved to be the most common dominantly inherited limb-girdle muscular dystrophy in Finland.
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I have inherited this illness from my father
You have obviously inherited her spirit
I have inherited a herd of reindeer from my uncle
