hemizygosity

Questions

What does hemizygosity mean?

The state of being hemizygous.

Where does hemizygosity come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- English zygosity English hemizygosity From hemi- + zygosity.

How to pronounce hemizygosity

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