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Descriptor English: Hemizygote
Descriptor Spanish: Hemicigoto
Descriptor hemicigoto
Entry term(s) hemizigoto
Scope note: Individuo que sólo tiene un alelo en un locus determinado debido a que ha perdido el otro alelo a través de una mutación (por ejemplo, DELECIÓN CROMOSÓMICA).
Descriptor Portuguese: Hemizigoto
Descriptor French: Hémizygote
Entry term(s): Hemizygotes
Tree number(s): G05.380.371
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057898
Scope note: An individual having only one allele at a given locus because of the loss of the other allele through a mutation (e.g., CHROMOSOME DELETION).
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Heterozygote (1971-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
Related: Loss of Heterozygosity MeSH
DeCS ID: 54333
Unique ID: D057898
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Hemizygote - Preferred
Concept UI M0539676
Scope note An individual having only one allele at a given locus because of the loss of the other allele through a mutation (e.g., CHROMOSOME DELETION).
Preferred term Hemizygote
Entry term(s) Hemizygotes



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