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haploinsufficiency

haploinsufficiency 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

haploinsufficiency (countable and uncountable, plural haploinsufficiencies)

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

Antonyms of haploinsufficiency

Forms of haploinsufficiency

pluralhaploinsufficiencies

Origin of haploinsufficiency

From haplo- + insufficiency.

Questions about haploinsufficiency

What does haploinsufficiency mean?
Haploinsufficiency 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 haploinsufficiency?
Haploinsufficiency is a noun.
What is the plural of haploinsufficiency?
The plural of haploinsufficiency is haploinsufficiencies.

Words near haploinsufficiency in the dictionary

  1. haploidized
  2. haploidizes
  3. haploids
  4. haploidy
  5. haploinsufficiencies
  6. haploinsufficiency
  7. haploinsufficient
  8. haploinsufficiently
  9. haploinsuficiency
  10. haplolepideous
  11. haplolepidous

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