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reduced penetrance

(ree-DOOST PEH-neh-trunts)
Penetrance refers to the likelihood that a clinical condition will occur when a particular genotype is present. A condition is said to show incomplete penetrance when some individuals who carry the pathogenic variant express the associated trait while others do not. Also called incomplete penetrance.
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