tetraallelic

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adjective

Relating to or composed of four alleles.

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Meanings

adjectivetetraallelic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to or composed of four alleles.

    However, we did not get embryos that have a tetraallelic knock-out of the exon by zygote injection […]

    2015 November 19, “The Expression of TALEN before Fertilization Provides a Rapid Knock-Out Phenotype in Xenopus laevis Founder Embryos”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From tetra- + allelic.

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APA

tetraallelic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetraallelic

MLA

“tetraallelic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetraallelic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tetraallelic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetraallelic.

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