Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multiallelism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mul-ti-al-lelism
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The presence of multiple alleles at the same locus

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This was due to their high multiallelism that translates in high polymorphic information content (PIC) [11 ] and heterozygosity."

Etymology

From multi- + allele + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: multi
Suffix: allele

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does multiallelism mean?: The presence of multiple alleles at the same locus
Where does multiallelism come from?: From multi- + allele + -ism.

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