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haplodeficient

haplodeficient adjective: describing a gene that is mutant or absent in one diploid copy.

Adjective

haplodeficient (not comparable)

  1. Describing a gene that is mutant or absent in one diploid copy.

Origin of haplodeficient

From haplo- + deficient.

Words that rhyme with haplodeficient

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Questions about haplodeficient

What does haplodeficient mean?
Haplodeficient means describing a gene that is mutant or absent in one diploid copy.
What part of speech is haplodeficient?
Haplodeficient is an adjective.

Words near haplodeficient in the dictionary

  1. haplochromins
  2. haploclade
  3. haploclades
  4. haplodeficiencies
  5. haplodeficiency
  6. haplodeficient
  7. haplodepletion
  8. haplodiplobiontic
  9. haplodiploid
  10. haplodiploids
  11. haplodiploidy

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