Penetrance Sentence Examples

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  • Human genetic studies are impeded by inconsistent loss of genetic material, variable expressivity, and decreased penetrance.

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  • Whether the cat is heterozygous or homozygous for W, the blue eyes and deafness have incomplete penetrance.

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  • However, decreased penetrance of a particular gene defect cannot be excluded.

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  • There is a 50 per cent chance of parents passing on the gene, although with reduced penetrance.

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  • A better understanding of the factors that underlie variable penetrance in mutation carriers is needed to augment our ability to counsel individual women.

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  • Last November, the HFEA launched a public debate on testing embryos for ' lower penetrance ', late onset genetic disorders.

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  • All these conditions are ' high penetrance ' - meaning that people who have the gene are extremely likely to develop the condition.

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  • Most studies suggest that Tourette syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder with decreased penetrance.

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  • Decreased penetrance means that not all people who inherit the abnormal gene develop symptoms.

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  • For persons with a ganglion growth beyond the sigmoid segment of the colon, the inheritance pattern is autosomal dominant with reduced penetrance (risk closer to 50 percent).

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