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heteroplasmy
The situation in which, within a single cell, there is a mixture of mitochondria (energy producing cytoplasmic organelles), some containing mutant DNA and some containing normal DNA.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Medical
- Category: Human genome
- Company: National Library of Medicine
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Creator
- Max Bryant
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