Diploinsufficiency
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Diploinsufficiency is a noun meaning (genetics) The state of a diploid organism having only a single copy of a particular gene, the other copy being inactivated due to mutation.
Meaning
(genetics) The state of a diploid organism having only a single copy of a particular gene, the other copy being inactivated due to mutation.
Word Forms
- diploinsufficiencies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include haploinsufficiency, diploidy, triplosensitivity, nullisomic, diplont, dysomy.
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