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  1. heteroplasmynoun

    the presence of multiple kinds of mitochondrial or plastid DNA within a single cell or individual

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  1. Heteroplasmy

    Heteroplasmy is the presence of a mixture of more than one type of an organellar genome within a cell or individual. It is a factor for the severity of mitochondrial diseases. Since most eukaryotic cells contain many hundreds of mitochondria with hundreds of copies of mtDNA, it is possible and indeed very frequent for mutations to affect only some mitochondria while others are unaffected. Heteroplasmy can be beneficial rather than detrimental insofar as centenarians show a higher than average degree of heteroplasmy. Microheteroplasmy is normally found as hundreds of independent mutations in one organism, with each mutation usually found in 1–2% of all mitochondrial genomes. However, the rest of this article primarily focuses on more gross heteroplasmy.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of heteroplasmy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of heteroplasmy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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