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English
Etymology
From isodicentric + -ism.
Noun
isodicentricism (uncountable)
- (genetics) The quality of being isodicentric, equally dicentric.
2017, S. Ravishankar, “A rare case of male Turner syndrome for penetrating keratoplasty”, in 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