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polyallelic

polyallelic adjective: having multiple alleles at a genetic locus.

Adjective

polyallelic (not comparable)

  1. Having multiple alleles at a genetic locus

Origin of polyallelic

From poly- + allelic.

Questions about polyallelic

What does polyallelic mean?
Polyallelic means having multiple alleles at a genetic locus.
What part of speech is polyallelic?
Polyallelic is an adjective.

Words near polyallelic in the dictionary

  1. polyalkenoic
  2. polyalkylation
  3. polyalkylations
  4. polyalkylimide
  5. polyalkylimides
  6. polyallelic
  7. polyallelism
  8. polyallergic
  9. polyallergies
  10. polyallergy
  11. polyallomer

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