Phenomena and Processes

Penetrance

The percent frequency with which a dominant or homozygous recessive gene or gene combination manifests itself in the phenotype of the carriers. (From Glossary of Genetics, 5th ed)

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The percent frequency with which a dominant or homozygous recessive gene or gene combination manifests itself in the phenotype of the carriers. (From Glossary of Genetics, 5th ed)

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Indexing Annotation

frequency a gene or gene combination is manifested in the phenotype

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  • Phenotype (1968-1997)

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  1. G05.420.655w
  2. G05.695w.650w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Penetrance. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019683. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019683
  2. Penetrance. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetrance
  3. Penetrance. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q516389