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hemimethylation

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English

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Etymology

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From hemi- +‎ methylation.

Noun

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hemimethylation (uncountable)

  1. partial or incomplete methylation
    • 2016 February 13, “Genome-Wide Identification of Epigenetic Hotspots Potentially Related to Cardiovascular Risk in Adult Women after a Complicated Pregnancy”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The unaffected twins showed hemimethylation of 4 (boxes) out of 16 methylation sensitive C nucleotides ( C1+C2 ) and hypomethylation (loss of methylation) in affected twins ( C3+C4 ).