Homozygous, or homozygosity, refers to the inheritance of genes from each biological parent. Inheriting faulty genes from both parents can cause a person to develop the associated condition. Genetic ...
One of the most important of the genetic alterations in infiltrating adenocarcinoma of the pancreas and in PanIN, as judged by its high prevalence, is inactivation of the p16 gene. The p16 gene is ...