ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Nullizygous

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Nullizygous is an adjective meaning (genetics) Carrying two mutant alleles for the same gene, both alleles being complete loss-of-function or "null" alleles.

Meaning

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

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include allozygous, azygous, nulliplex, hypomorphic, heterozigous, haplodeficient.

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