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Definition of "biallelic" []

  • Of or pertaining to both alleles of a gene (in a heterozygote). (adjective)

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Use "biallelic" in a sentence
  • "See Jewish and Middle Eastern non-Jewish populations share a common pool of Y-chromosome biallelic haplotypes by M.F. Hammer et al."
  • "A 0.8 to 2.0-log reduction in VL from peak during TI was observed in the 3 of 6 subjects with the highest estimated circulating levels of cells with biallelic modification."
  • "A statistically significant relationship between VL and the calculated percentage of circulating CD4+ T-cells that have undergone ZFN-mediated modification of both copies (biallelic) of the CCR5 gene within a cell (P= 0.0001 for VL at the end of TI, and 0.037 for area under the curve of VL over the TI period)."
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