Definition of "disomy" []

• The normal state of a diploid eukaryotic cell or individual which has two members of a pair of homologous chromosomes in each nucleus. A normal chromosome is represented twice in a single cell. (noun)

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• "We can also determine parent of origin for deletions and uniparental disomy."
• "We can diagnose numerous single gene disorders, both dominant and recessive, as well as cases of uniparental disomy."
• "Leinonen R, Lindgren CM, Kivinen K, Dahlman-Wright K, et al. (2005) Global analysis of uniparental disomy using high density genotyping arrays."