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penetrance
(redirected from Variable penetrance)

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penetrance /pen·e·trance/ (pen´i-trins) the frequency with which a heritable trait is manifested by individuals carrying the principal gene or genes conditioning it.
pen·e·trance (pn-trns)
n.
The frequency, under given environmental conditions, with which a specific genotype is expressed by those individuals that possess it, usually given as a percentage.
penetrance
the frequency with which a heritable trait is manifested by individuals carrying the principal gene or genes conditioning it.
incomplete penetrance
when penetrance is less than 100%.
penetrance Penetration The disruption of a surface, as in penetrating–eg, gunshot wounds, hospital-acquired penetration contact due to infected 'sharps', or forcible penetration in rape


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