- Institution/s: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Universidad de Alicante, Universidad de Valladolid, Université d'Artois
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 25
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Andrés DE PEDRO SCHMIDT, Beatriz BURGOS CUADRILLERO, Elena Irene ZAMORA RAMÍREZ, Marie-Hélène GARCIA
- Creation / modification date: 27-02-2014
- Term: mosaicism
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: Presence of two or more cell lines in the same individual.
- Context: A mitotic error in epiblast may produce mosaicism of both embryonic and amniotic tissue.
- Expression: Gonadal mosaicism, placental mosaicism, epigenetic mosaicism, genomic mosaicism.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Remission: sin, Terminal deletion Fuente: LANG, F. (Ed.) (2009). Encyclopedia of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease: With 213 Tables, Volume 1. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.
- Sources:
- Term: BECKER, Kenneth L. (Ed.) (2001). Principles and Practice of Endocrinology and Metabolism. USA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
- Definition: BECKER, Kenneth L. (Ed.) (2001). Principles and Practice of Endocrinology and Metabolism. USA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
- Context: MKINLAY GARDNER, R.J., SUTHERLAND, G.R. y L.G. SHAFFER (Eds) (2011). Chromosome Abnormalities and Genetic Counseling. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Expression: Gonadal mosaicism and placental mosaicism: MKINLAY GARDNER, R.J., SUTHERLAND, G.R. y L.G. SHAFFER (Eds) (2011). Chromosome Abnormalities and Genetic Counseling. New York: Oxford University Press. Epigenetic mosaicism and genomic mosaicism: ROCKEN, M., SCHALLER, M., SATTLER, E. y W. BURGDORF (2012). Color Atlas of Dermatology. Stuttgart: Thieme.
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