diallelicadj.1
/ˌdʌɪəˈliːlɪk/, /ˌdʌɪəˈlɛlɪk/, U.S. /ˌdaɪəˈlilɪk/, /ˌdaɪəˈlɛlɪk/ Biology.
= diallel adj. 2.
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1931 Ö. Winge in Hereditas 15 142 They were crossed in 1928 to each other, diallelic, in ten different combinations.]
1935 Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. Scotl. 47 157 The basis of the experiment is what is known as diallelic-crossing.
1980 C. E. Mann et al. in W. G. Pollmer & R. H. Phipps Improvem. Quality Traits Maize 157 Seeds for 132 hybrids were developed by diallelic crossing of 12 inbred lines.
2000 R. K. Singh et al. in R. K. Singh et al. Aromatic Rices v. 53 A 5 ╳ 5 diallelic cross involving parents differing distinctly in the degree of kernel elongation.
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diallelicadj.2
/ˌdʌɪəˈliːlɪk/, /ˌdʌɪəˈlɛlɪk/, U.S. /ˌdaɪəˈlilɪk/, /ˌdaɪəˈlɛlɪk/ Genetics.
Of or relating to a gene, genetic locus, or genetic marker having two alleles. Of an organism: that has such a gene or locus.
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neomorphic1903
amorphic1932
hypermorphic1932
hypomorphic1932
diallelic1944
isoallelic1944
1944 S. S. Atwood in Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 30 73 It is proposed that diallelic plants, which produce only one kind of heterozygous pollen, are self-incompatible.
1990 Nucleic Acids Res. 18 4123/1 Markers with more than two alleles are considerably more useful than standard, diallelic restriction fragment length polymorphisms.
2003 Amer. Jrnl. Human Genetics 72 1389 In the present study, we genotyped 11 diallelic markers at the DBH locus.
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