nullizygous

English

Etymology

From nulli- +‎ -zygous.

Adjective

nullizygous (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) Carrying two mutant alleles for the same gene, both alleles being complete loss-of-function or "null" alleles.

Derived terms

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