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monosomy

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monosomy [′män·ə‚sōm·ē]
(genetics)
The condition in which one chromosome of a pair is missing a diploid organism.


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Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques showed no evidence for monosomy, trisomy 8, or partial deletions of the long arm of chromosome 5 or 7.
It has been reported in a series of 66 cases of sex chromosome monosomy that 53 (80.
 
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