biallelic
adjective
bi·al·le·lic
(ˈ)bī-ə-ˈlē-lik, -ˈle- 
: of, relating to, or affecting both alleles of a gene
The risk of colorectal cancer among carriers of biallelic mutations appears to be close to 100% by 60 years of age …—
William D. Foulkes, The New England Journal of Medicine
William D. Foulkes, The New England Journal of MedicineThis mode of oncogenesis differs from the inactivation of most tumor-suppressor genes, which are biallelic—that is, one allele is inactivated in the germ line, followed by mutation of the second allele at the somatic-cell level.—Roel Nusse, Science
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“Biallelic.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/biallelic. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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