Definition
disomic
adjective
- relating to or characterized by disomy; having two copies of a particular chromosome instead of the normal pair in a diploid organism.
Usage: genetics; technical
Examples
- The disomic condition in this cell line resulted from an unusual chromosomal duplication event.
- Researchers studied disomic organisms to understand how extra chromosome copies affect gene expression.
- The patient's disomic state for chromosome 21 contributed to the observed phenotype.
- Disomic analysis revealed the presence of two complete copies of the target chromosome.