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triallelism

triallelism noun: the condition of being triallelic.

Noun

triallelism (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being triallelic.
    • However, given the phenomenon of triallelism, it is no longer possible to be certain that the recurrence risk in an affected family will be as high as 25 per cent as it may be a requirement in up to 10 per cent of pedigrees for three mutant alleles to co-segregate.2003, Frances Flinter, The Genetics of Renal Disease, page 368

Questions about triallelism

What does triallelism mean?
Triallelism means the condition of being triallelic.
What part of speech is triallelism?
Triallelism is a noun.

Words near triallelism in the dictionary

  1. trialkyltin
  2. trialkyltins
  3. triallate
  4. trialled
  5. triallelic
  6. triallelism
  7. trialler
  8. triallers
  9. trialless
  10. trialling
  11. triallings

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