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- adjective genetics Having some single copies of
genes in an otherwisediploid cell or organism
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Examples
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We will also consider the hemizygous locus case where either is identically zero because one of the alleles has been knocked out.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Arne B. Gjuvsland et al. 2010
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These initial descriptive studies in male hemizygous mice have revealed brain abnormalities seen in both RTT and mental retardation.
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Combinations of wild type and hemizygous genotypes for ATM and BRCA1 were tested in various comparisons.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Fengtao Su 2010
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FISH combined with cytoplasmic light chain detection (cIg-FISH) detected hemizygous 1p21 deletions in 18 % of the MM, 34% of PCL but none of the MGUS cases.
Naturejobs - All Jobs H Chang 2010
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Note that the homozygous deletion (400 kb) is embedded within a hemizygous deletion region (4 Mb).
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mitsutaka Kadota et al. 2010
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As expected given that the Z chromosome in the reference female is hemizygous, we predominantly saw positions with two or three reads.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Carl-Johan Rubin 2010
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Combinations of wild type and hemizygous genotypes for ATM and BRCA1 were tested in various comparisons.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Fengtao Su 2010
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The hemizygous males and homozygous females appeared normal at birth and developed well as shown in
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Tomoji Mashimo et al. 2010
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Two adjacent homozygous and hemizygous deletions are observed in MCF7
GEN News Highlights 2009
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These hemizygous deletions, from two copies to one copy, are manifest as a downward deflection in the log R ratio and a loss of heterozygotes in the AF.
GEN News Highlights 2009
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