[ **up: [[Genetics]]** ] --- # Mosaic (Genetics) [[2025-0313. 'Mosaicism or genetic mosaicism is a condition in which a multicellular organism possesses more than one genetic line as the result of genetic mutation.'|'Mosaicism or genetic mosaicism is a condition in which a multicellular organism possesses more than one genetic line as the result of genetic mutation.']][^1] [[2025-0313. 'Mosaicism or genetic mosaicism is a condition in which a multicellular organism possesses more than one genetic line as the result of genetic mutation.'|’This means that various genetic lines resulted from a single fertilized egg.’]][^2] --- [[2025-0313. 'Several types of birds, such as warblers and ostriches, also can exhibit a mosaic of male and female characteristics. The color patterns, plumage, singing and other traits of one sex may show up in some members of the opposite sex.'|'Several types of birds, such as warblers and ostriches, also can exhibit a mosaic of male and female characteristics. The color patterns, plumage, singing and other traits of one sex may show up in some members of the opposite sex.']][^3] [^1]: ‘Mosaic (genetics)’, *Wikipedia*, updated 28 December 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_(genetics). [^2]: ‘Mosaic (genetics)’, *Wikipedia*, updated 28 December 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_(genetics). [^3]: Amanda Leigh Mascarelli, ‘[[Leigh. ‘Explainer_ Male-female flexibility in animals’, 2015.|Explainer: Male-female flexibility in animals]]’, *ScienceNewsExplores*, 31 July 2015, https://www.snexplores.org/article/explainer-male-female-flexibility-animals.