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nullizygous

nullizygous adjective: carrying two mutant alleles for the same gene, both alleles being complete loss-of-function or "null" alleles.

Adjective

nullizygous (not comparable)

  1. Carrying two mutant alleles for the same gene, both alleles being complete loss-of-function or "null" alleles.

Origin of nullizygous

From nulli- + -zygous.

Words formed from nullizygous

Questions about nullizygous

What does nullizygous mean?
Nullizygous means carrying two mutant alleles for the same gene, both alleles being complete loss-of-function or "null" alleles.
What part of speech is nullizygous?
Nullizygous is an adjective.

Words near nullizygous in the dictionary

  1. nulliverse
  2. nulliverses
  3. nullizygosity
  4. nullizygote
  5. nullizygotes
  6. nullizygous
  7. nullizygozity
  8. nullness
  9. nullo
  10. Nullo Mountain
  11. nullomer

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