homoplasmy

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English

Etymology

From homo- +‎ -plasmy.

Noun

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homoplasmy (countable and uncountable, plural homoplasmies)

  1. the presence of the same mutation in all copies of mitochondrial or plastid DNA within a single cell or individual

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