the similarity or differences between DNA sequences on the chromosomes of a fertilized egg
Examples of 'zygosity' in a sentence
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In addition, it can also be applied to zygosity analysis.
Yuji Huang, Xueren Yin, Changqing Zhu, Weiwei Wang, Donald Grierson, Changjie Xu,Kunsong Chen 2013, 'Standard Addition Quantitative Real-Time PCR (SAQPCR): A Novel Approach for Determinationof Transgene Copy Number Avoiding PCR Efficiency Estimation', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0053489. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, no substantial nor systematic differences remain when taking twins with unknown zygosity into account.
Jacob Hjelmborg, Pia Larsen, Jaakko Kaprio, Matt McGue, Thomas Scheike, Philip Hougaard,Kaare Christensen 2019, 'Lifespans of Twins: Does Zygosity Matter?', Geneshttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/10/2/166. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Zygosity tests revealed the twins were monozygotic.
Dennis Mazingi, Tungamirai Gwatirisa, Bothwell A. Mbuwayesango, Taurai Zimunhu, ShamisoChowe, Kudzayi Munanzvi, Precious Mutambanengwe, Constantine Muparadzi, Mugove Moyo 2019, 'Monozygotic twins with jejuno-ileal atresia', Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576618303245. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Morphology of canines can be used as a supplementary tool to determine zygosity.
V Anu, G S Arsheya, V Anjana, George Karen Annison, M R Lakshmi Aruna, A PriyankaAlice, B Angeline Aishwarya 2018, 'Dental caries experience, dental anomalies, and morphometric analysis of canine amongmonozygotic and dizygotic twins', Contemporary Clinical Dentistryhttp://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2018;volume=9;issue=6;spage=314;epage=317;aulast=Anu. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The resemblance among triplets for birth weight was estimated as a function of zygosity.
van Beijsterveldt Catharina EM, Middeldorp Christel M, Lamb Diane J, Vink JacquelineM, Haak Monique C, Boomsma Dorret I 2011, 'Birth weight in a large series of triplets', BMC Pediatricshttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/11/24. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The within-pair association was not statistically different by zygosity for specific and all-cause death risk.
Jun Dai, Ruth E Krasnow, Lei Liu, Stephen G Sawada, Terry Reed 2013, 'The association between postload plasma glucose levels and 38-year mortality riskof coronary heart disease: the prospective NHLBI Twin Study.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3716604?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Direct methods for determining transgene zygosity are technically challenging, expensive, and require specialized equipment.
Lige Geng, Dewayne D. Deng, Martin J. Wubben, Johnie N. Jenkins, Jack C. McCarty,Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov 2017, 'A High-Throughput Standard PCR-Based Genotyping Method for Determining Transgene Zygosityin Segregating Plant Populations', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.01252/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The 'zygosity' of the transgene affects the transgene expression levels and may compromise optimal breeding scheme design.
Yun Ji, Natalie Abrams, Wei Zhu, Eddie Salinas, Zhiya Yu, Douglas C Palmer, ParthavJailwala, Zulmarie Franco, Rahul Roychoudhuri, Eric Stahlberg, Luca Gattinoni, NicholasP Restifo 2014, 'Identification of the genomic insertion site of Pmel-1 TCR α and β transgenes by next-generationsequencing.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4020793?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
To clarify the zygosity of the neonates, we analyzed 18 microsatellite markers of which 16 were informative.
Hiroki Shibata, Shuichi Sakata, Yuzo Hirano, Eiji Nitasaka, Ai Sakabe 2017, 'Facultative parthenogenesis validated by DNA analyses in the green anaconda (Eunectesmurinus).', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5728508?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)