Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Of or pertaining to both alleles of a gene (in a heterozygote).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
