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  • adjective having two alleles

Etymologies

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From di- + allele + -ic.

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Examples

  • Retinitis pigmentosa is not only genetically heterogeneous but can be inherited in multiple forms, including autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X-linked, nonsyndromic and digenic-diallelic.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shaomei Wang et al. 2010

  • Retinitis pigmentosa is not only genetically heterogeneous but can be inherited in multiple forms, including autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X-linked, nonsyndromic and digenic-diallelic.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Shaomei Wang et al. 2010

  • We used multiple 2×2 tables, with genotypes arranged in an ordinal scale, and x2 Mantel-Haenszel statistics to test each of the three genotypes produced by the diallelic locus for association with disease, primarily to obtain valid estimates for association for each stratum, and to assess dose effects and homogeneity of the odd ratios

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Malathesha Ganachari et al. 2010

  • VLR was observed, but diallelic assembly was found in some cases-in many of which, one allele was functional and the other was defective.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Natsuko Kishishita 2010

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