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allelicity

allelicity noun: the degree to which the behaviour of a transcription factor is allele-specific.

Noun

allelicity (uncountable)

  1. The degree to which the behaviour of a transcription factor is allele-specific

Origin of allelicity

From allelic + -ity.

Questions about allelicity

What does allelicity mean?
Allelicity means the degree to which the behaviour of a transcription factor is allele-specific.
What part of speech is allelicity?
Allelicity is a noun.

Words near allelicity in the dictionary

  1. allele
  2. alleles
  3. allelewise
  4. allelic
  5. allelically
  6. allelicity
  7. allelism
  8. allelisms
  9. allellopathic
  10. allelo-
  11. allelocatalysis

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