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diploinsufficiency

diploinsufficiency noun: the state of a diploid organism having only a single copy of a particular gene, the other copy being inactivated due to mutation.

Noun

diploinsufficiency (countable and uncountable, plural diploinsufficiencies)

  1. The state of a diploid organism having only a single copy of a particular gene, the other copy being inactivated due to mutation

Forms of diploinsufficiency

pluraldiploinsufficiencies

Origin of diploinsufficiency

From diplo- + insufficiency.

Questions about diploinsufficiency

What does diploinsufficiency mean?
Diploinsufficiency means the state of a diploid organism having only a single copy of a particular gene, the other copy being inactivated due to mutation.
What part of speech is diploinsufficiency?
Diploinsufficiency is a noun.
What is the plural of diploinsufficiency?
The plural of diploinsufficiency is diploinsufficiencies.

Words near diploinsufficiency in the dictionary

  1. diploidize
  2. diploidized
  3. diploidizing
  4. diploids
  5. diploidy
  6. diploinsufficiency
  7. diploinsufficient
  8. diplokaryon
  9. diplokaryons
  10. diplokaryotic
  11. diplolingo

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