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HBD

HBD noun: having two of the same allele at a locus, or base at an SNP, where both copies are from a single ancestor strand. Also the abbreviation of happy birthday.

Noun

HBD (uncountable)

  1. Having two of the same allele at a locus, or base at an SNP, where both copies are from a single ancestor strand.

Adjective

HBD (not comparable)

  1. Having two of the same allele at a locus, or base at an SNP, where both copies are from a single ancestor strand.

Also used as

HBD is also the abbreviation of happy birthday.

HBD is also the initialism of human biodiversity.

Origin of HBD

Abbreviation of homozygous by descent or homozygosity by descent

Questions about HBD

What does HBD mean?
HBD means having two of the same allele at a locus, or base at an SNP, where both copies are from a single ancestor strand.
What part of speech is HBD?
HBD can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near HBD in the dictionary

  1. HBCD
  2. HBCDs
  3. HBCs
  4. HBCU
  5. HBCUs
  6. HBD
  7. hbed
  8. HBF
  9. HBFC
  10. HBFCs
  11. HBIC

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