isodicentricism

isodicentricism

English

Etymology

isodicentric +‎ ism

Noun

isodicentricism (uncountable)

1. (genetics) The quality of being isodicentric, equally dicentric.
   • 2017, S. Ravishankar, A rare case of male Turner syndrome for penetrating keratoplasty, in the International Journal of Scientific Reports:

     There are many chromosomal variations that cause the 45,X/46,XY karyotype, including malformation (isodicentricism) of the Y chromosomes, deletions of Y chromosome or translocations of Y chromosome segments.

   • 2017, H. Tournaye, C. Krausz, R. D. Oates, Novel concepts in the aetiology of male reproductive impairment, in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology:

     Isodicentric Y chromosome. Apart from deletions, duplications, or both, other structural changes that might alter the natural composition and integrity of the Y chromosome are isodicentricism, truncation, or ring formation [...]