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biallelic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English allele Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English allelic English biallelic From bi- + allelic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to both alleles of a gene (in a heterozygote).

Deriveds

biallelically

Relateds

biallelism