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intra-allelic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-tra-al-lel-ic
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Such that one allele affects the expression of another allele in the same gene locus.

Etymology

From intra- + allelic.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more intra-allelic (comparative) most intra-allelic (superlative)

Questions

What does intra-allelic mean?
Such that one allele affects the expression of another allele in the same gene locus.
Where does intra-allelic come from?
From intra- + allelic.

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