monosomic

English

Etymology

monosome +‎ -ic

Adjective

monosomic (not comparable)

  1. of or relating to a monosome
    • 2000 July 14, B. B. Magee & P. T. Magee, “Induction of Mating in Candida albicans by Construction of MTLa and MTLalpha Strains”, in Science‎, volume 289, number 5477, DOI:10.1126/science.289.5477.310, pages 310-313:
      The Sou variants, which appear on the background of nongrowing cells plated on sorbose as a sole source of carbon, are monosomic for chromosome 5; furthermore, either homolog can be lost under these conditions (13 ).
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