Examples of 'heterozygosity' in a sentence

Meaning of "heterozygosity"

heterozygosity (noun) - the state of having different forms of a particular gene, typically referring to an individual having two different alleles for a specific trait
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  • The condition of being heterozygous.

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Chromosomal damage can lead to loss of heterozygosity.
It means that heterozygosity is higher there.
The rate of inbreeding is based on decreased heterozygosity.
Loss of heterozygosity is reported in rice hybrids of a particular heritage.
The role of polyembryony in maintaining heterozygosity is discussed.
Heterozygosity and allozyme frequencies were not related to altitude.
The test shows an absence of heterozygosity.
Average heterozygosity was not correlated with pond area.
Ascertainment bias in estimates of average heterozygosity.
Heterozygosity refers to different conditions of the allele at a locus.
Meiotic behaviour may show the heterozygosity of inversions.
Compound heterozygosity is one of the causes of variation in genetic disease.
No morphometric effect was found due to chromosomal inversion heterozygosity.
Compound heterozygosity includes hemizygosity.
Also see deleterious recessive alleles and heterozygosity.

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Heterozygosity is simply the proportion of the population that is heterozygous.
Additionally two populations exhibited extensive inversion heterozygosity.
A high level of heterozygosity was observed at the majority of these loci.
Hatching and emergence timing was unrelated to parental heterozygosity.
The reason for the decline in heterozygosity is made clear here.
It also prevents speciation by homogenizing populations and increasing heterozygosity.
Differences between homozygosity and heterozygosity are not conclusive.
This heterozygosity would be.
Mild homocysteinemia is mainly caused by heterozygosity of enzyme defects.
Heterozygosity and allelic richness were not higher in the riverine population.
Methods and materials for assessing loss of heterozygosity.
Survival may be enhanced by heterozygosity but in a manner unrelated to body size.
Testing for translocation heterozygosity.
Heterozygosity in natural populations.
Researchers found far greater genetic heterozygosity than expected.
Loss of heterozygosity has been reported in this chromosomal region in ovarian cancer.
The effects of central fusion and terminal fusion on heterozygosity.
No loss of heterozygosity is observed.
There was no significant difference in observed heterozygosity among the cohorts.
Heterozygosity is the fraction of individuals in a population that are heterozygous for a particular locus.
This is an important value for the analysis of loss of heterozygosity.
Breeders are working to prevent losing heterozygosity and to maintain sufficient genetic variations.
Competition had a greater effect on body size at metamorphosis than did heterozygosity.
An high degree of heterozygosity of these markers must be present for this application.
The third test is the standard population genetic measure of heterozygosity.
Heterozygosity is not completely preserved when crossing over occurs in central fusion.
Injection of targeting filament results in loss of heterozygosity at the gol locus.
The low heterozygosity in nonanadromous salmon probably reflects a strong founder effect.
In more complex dominance schemes the results of heterozygosity can be more complex.
Heterozygosity can also refer to the fraction of loci within an individual that are heterozygous.
The methods herein described are also useful for assessing loss of heterozygosity in a tumor.
Loss of heterozygosity for tumor suppressor genes is believed to play a role in tumor progression.
There was a significant interaction between heterozygosity and larval density in their effects on larval traits.
Heterozygosity is a genetic condition existing when different alleles reside at corresponding loci on hornologous chromosomes.
Random crossing over and gene transfer results in heterozygosity of the bacteria and prophage.

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