| mosaicism | The occurrence in an individual of two or more cell populations of different chromosomal constitutions, derived from a single zygote. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| gene mosaicism | <genetics> Descriptive of an organism that consists of two or more genetically distinct cell lines. (14 Nov 1997) |
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| germinal mosaicism | Gonadal mosaicism, a state in which cells in a sector of a gonad are of a form not present in either parent, because of mutation in an intermediate progenitor of that sector. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cellular mosaicism | A chimerism in which a tissue contains cells from different zygotes; e.g., in humans, involving erythrocytes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chromosome mosaicism | See: mosaic. (05 Mar 2000) |