Definition of Heteroplasmy

1. Noun. the presence of multiple kinds of mitochondrial or plastid DNA within a single cell or individual ¹

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Medical Definition of Heteroplasmy

1. The occurrence of a tissue in the wrong place in an organism, as a result of inappropriate cellular differentiation. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heteroplasmy

heterophthalmus
heterophthongia
heterophyiasis
heterophyid
heterophyidae
heterophyidiasis
heterophyllies
heterophyllous
heterophylly
heterophyte
heterophytes
heteroplasia
heteroplasm
heteroplasmic
heteroplasms
heteroplasmy (current term)
heteroplastic
heteroplastic graft
heteroplastid
heteroplastide
heteroplastides
heteroplasty
heteroploid
heteroploidies
heteroploids
heteroploidy
heteropod
heteropoda
heteropodous
heteropods

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