Heteroplasmy [heteroplazmie]

topical
2
Terms

heteroplazmická mutace
heteroplazmická variace
homoplazmie
makroheteroplazmie
mikroheteroplazmie

 

Heteroplasmic Mutation
Heteroplasmic Variation
Homoplasmy
Macroheteroplasmy
Microheteroplasmy

Definition

The occurrence of more than one organellar GENOME in the organelle population of a cell, tissue, or individual organism. It is due to the accumulation of different mutations that occur within the population of individual organelles of a cell.

DUI
D000081942 MeSH Browser
CUI
M000655177
Previous indexing
DNA, Mitochondrial (1983-2020); Genetic Variation (1986-2020)
History note
2021
Public note
2021