Usually means: Variation in mitochondrial DNA copies.
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  1. heteroplasm: Wordnik
  2. heteroplasm: Wiktionary
  3. heteroplasm: Dictionary.com
  4. Heteroplasm: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. heteroplasm: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Heteroplasm: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. heteroplasm: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Heteroplasm: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. heteroplasm: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. heteroplasm: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (heteroplasm)

▸ noun:  (pathology) Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.

Similar:
heterotopia, heteroplasia, heteroplasmicity, heterotopy, heterogenesis, heteroplasmid, heteromorphosis, heterotopism, heterotopicity, homoiosis, more...

Opposite:
homoplasm, homoplasmy

Types:
mitochondrial, chloroplast, more...

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Similar:
heterotopia, heteroplasia, heteroplasmicity, heterotopy, heterogenesis, heteroplasmid, heteromorphosis, heterotopism, heterotopicity, homoiosis, more...

Opposite:
homoplasm, homoplasmy

Types:
mitochondrial, chloroplast, more...



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