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identical by state

identical by state adjective: being two identical alleles or two identical segments or sequences of DNA; being segments which are not identical by descent and therefore do not share a recent common ancestor.

Adjective

identical by state (not comparable)

  1. Being two identical alleles or two identical segments or sequences of DNA; being segments which are not identical by descent and therefore do not share a recent common ancestor.

Questions about identical by state

What does identical by state mean?
Identical by state means being two identical alleles or two identical segments or sequences of DNA; being segments which are not identical by descent and therefore do not share a recent common ancestor.
What part of speech is identical by state?
Identical by state is an adjective.

Words near identical by state in the dictionary

  1. identarian
  2. idented
  3. identic
  4. identical
  5. identical by descent
  6. identical by state
  7. identical twin
  8. identical twins
  9. identicalism
  10. identicalities
  11. identicality

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