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heteroallelic

heteroallelic adjective: of or pertaining to heteroalleles.

Adjective

heteroallelic (comparative more heteroallelic, superlative most heteroallelic)

  1. Of or pertaining to heteroalleles

Forms of heteroallelic

comparativemore heteroallelic
superlativemost heteroallelic

Origin of heteroallelic

From hetero- + allelic.

Questions about heteroallelic

What does heteroallelic mean?
Heteroallelic means of or pertaining to heteroalleles.
What part of speech is heteroallelic?
Heteroallelic is an adjective.

Words near heteroallelic in the dictionary

  1. heteroalkene
  2. heteroalkenes
  3. heteroalkyl
  4. heteroallele
  5. heteroalleles
  6. heteroallelic
  7. heteroallelism
  8. heteroallene
  9. heteroallenes
  10. heteroamnesis
  11. heteroamnestic

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