Definition of Disomic

1. Adjective. To have one or more chromosomes present twice, but without having the entire genome doubled. ¹

2. Adjective. In allo-tetraploids, inheritance that involves pairing of homologous chromosomes from the same diploid ancestor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disomic

1. having a number of chromosomes duplicated [adj]

Medical Definition of Disomic

1. Relating to disomy. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disomic

disobliged
disobligement
disobligements
disobliger
disobligers
disobliges
disobliging
disobligingly
disobliteration
disoccupation
disodium
disofenin
disolvate
disolvated
disolvates
disomic (current term)
disomy
disopinion
disopromine
disopyramide
disorb
disorbed
disorbing
disorbs
disord
disordain
disordained
disordeined
disorder
disordered

Literary usage of Disomic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"... and the seven disomic S. céréale addition lines to T. aestivum were used to compare the wheat, rye, and triticale Heat Shock Protein profiles and to ..."

2. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"The disomic substitution and synthetic hexaploids will be evaluated for host plant resistance and other useful traits for use in wheat breeding. ..."

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