• In medical genetics, compound heterozygosity is the condition of having two or more heterogeneous recessive alleles at a particular locus that can cause...
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    genetic disorders in which the prevalence of compound heterozygosity has been demonstrated. Compound heterozygosity ultimately explains the disease's variability...
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    LRPPRC gene, located on the small ('p') arm of chromosome 2. Both compound heterozygosity and homozygous mutations have been observed in French Canadian...
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    are inherited as autosomal recessive traits with homozygosity or compound heterozygosity for two defective TNSALP alleles. The mode of inheritance for childhood...
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    girl with Fraser syndrome, Slavotinek et al. (2006) identified compound heterozygosity for a deletion (607830.0006) and an insertion (607830.0007) in...
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    Horst GT, Hoeijmakers JH, Mitchell JR (November 2012). "Effects of compound heterozygosity at the Xpd locus on cancer and ageing in mouse models". DNA Repair...
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    Congenital Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Purpura Resulting From Compound Heterozygosity Involving a Novel ADAMTS13 Pathogenic Variant". Journal of Pediatric...
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    has variable penetrance in some pedigrees) With homozygosity or compound heterozygosity - depending on the exact mutations involved, individuals may lie...
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    β-thalassemia), while those who have two gene mutations (homozygosity or compound heterozygosity) are diagnosed with β-thalassemia or intermedia. Due to the lack...
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  • KCS2 are thought to be a result of heterozygous mutations, or compound heterozygosity; specifically, it is thought to be caused by the substitution or...
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