homoallelic

homoallelic

homoallelic Applied to allelic mutants of a gene that have different mutations at the same site; as opposed to heteroallelic mutants, which have mutations at different sites within the one gene. Recombination between heteroalleles can yield a functional cistron; recombination between homoalleles cannot.

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homoallelic

homoallelic Applied to allelic mutants of a gene that have different mutations at the same site; as opposed to heteroallelic mutants, which have mutations at different sites with the one gene. Recombination between heteroalleles can yield a functional cistron; recombination between homoalleles cannot.

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