mosaicism
noun
mo·sa·i·cism
mō-ˈzā-ə-ˌsi-zəm 
: the condition of possessing cells of two or more different genetic constitutions
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Those who showed any other chromosomes, or a mosaicism of chromosomes, were at times advised to fake a last-minute injury and to quietly retire from sports.
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S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2023
Less common types of Down syndrome are translocation and mosaicism.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
According to the team on this study, this mixture shows the impact of evolutionary mosaicism–different rates of evolutionary change in body structures and function– in early bird evolution.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Sep. 2023
When the protocol is safe—when the problems of unintended mutations and mosaicism are solved in the lab—the urgency of exploiting the new technology to save lives seems likely to push any remaining reservations aside.
—Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2023
This mix of cell lines is called mosaicism.
—Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 1 June 2022
These include, for example, mosaicism, where genome editing results in some cells getting different edits to others.
—WIRED, 17 Mar. 2023
This kind of mosaicism is rare, affecting about 1 in 15,000 people.
—Claire Ainsworth, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2018
Sultan also told the woman the test results were likely due to a rare condition called mosaicism, where a person can have two sets of DNA in their body, court records state.
—Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2021
S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2023
Less common types of Down syndrome are translocation and mosaicism.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
According to the team on this study, this mixture shows the impact of evolutionary mosaicism–different rates of evolutionary change in body structures and function– in early bird evolution.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Sep. 2023
When the protocol is safe—when the problems of unintended mutations and mosaicism are solved in the lab—the urgency of exploiting the new technology to save lives seems likely to push any remaining reservations aside.
—Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2023
This mix of cell lines is called mosaicism.
—Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 1 June 2022
These include, for example, mosaicism, where genome editing results in some cells getting different edits to others.
—WIRED, 17 Mar. 2023
This kind of mosaicism is rare, affecting about 1 in 15,000 people.
—Claire Ainsworth, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2018
Sultan also told the woman the test results were likely due to a rare condition called mosaicism, where a person can have two sets of DNA in their body, court records state.
—Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2021
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mosaicism
noun
mo·sa·i·cism
mō-ˈzā-ə-ˌsiz-əm
: the condition of possessing cells of two or more different genetic constitutions
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