penetrance

/pen-i-truhns/US // ˈpɛn ɪ trəns //UK // (ˈpɛnɪtrəns) //

渗透率,渗透性,渗透力,渗透度

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Genetics.
- : the frequency, expressed as a percentage, with which a particular gene produces its effect in a group of organisms.Compare expressivity.

This has to do with the way penetrance is calculated, he says.
“These measures of penetrance are likely artificially high,” says University of Cardiff medical geneticist David Cooper.
If scientists identify 100 individuals with the same mutation, and 75 of them have disease, the penetrance is 75 percent.