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Glossary Genetics / Term

trisomy

Possessing three copies of a particular chromosome instead of the normal two copies.

Dr. Leslie Biesecker, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Laboratory of Genetic Disease Research, defines trisomy.

Related terms: cell, gene, gene expression, chromosome.

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