Definitions for penetrance

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penetrance pen·e·trance

Spelling: [pen-i-truh ns]

IPA: /ˈpɛn ɪ trəns/

Penetrance is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 390 anagrams from letters in penetrance (aceeennprt).

Definitions for penetrance

noun

1. the frequency, expressed as a percentage, with which a particular gene produces its effect in a group of organisms. Compare expressivity (def 2).

Origin of penetrance

First recorded in 1635-45; penetr(ant) + -ance

Examples for penetrance

If scientists identify 100 individuals with the same mutation, and 75 of them have disease, the penetrance is 75 percent.

“These measures of penetrance are likely artificially high,” says University of Cardiff medical geneticist David Cooper.