Loss of Heterozygosity [ztráta heterozygozity]
- Terms
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ztráta alely
ztráta heterozygotnosti
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Allelic Loss
Heterozygosity, Loss of
The loss of one allele at a specific locus, caused by a deletion mutation; or loss of a chromosome from a chromosome pair, resulting in abnormal HEMIZYGOSITY. It is detected when heterozygous markers for a locus appear monomorphic because one of the ALLELES was deleted.
- Annotation
- do not confuse entry term ALLELIC LOSS with ALLELIC IMBALANCE
- DUI
- D019656 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0029159
- Previous indexing
- Chromosome Deletion (1987-1997); Heterozygote (1983-1997)
- History note
- 98
- Public note
- 98
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