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biallelic

biallelic adjective: of or pertaining to both alleles of a gene (in a heterozygote).

Adjective

biallelic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to both alleles of a gene (in a heterozygote).

Origin of biallelic

From bi- + allelic.

Words formed from biallelic

Questions about biallelic

What does biallelic mean?
Biallelic means of or pertaining to both alleles of a gene (in a heterozygote).
What part of speech is biallelic?
Biallelic is an adjective.

Words near biallelic in the dictionary

  1. bialgebroids
  2. bialies
  3. Bialik
  4. bialkali
  5. Biallas
  6. biallelic
  7. biallelically
  8. biallelism
  9. biallelisms
  10. Bialong
  11. Bialowas

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