What Does Diallelic Means?

diallelic Applied to a polyploid individual with more than two sets of chromosomes in which two different alleles exist at a particular gene locus.

What is meant by an allele?

An allele is a variant form of a gene. Some genes have a variety of different forms, which are located at the same position, or genetic locus, on a chromosome. Humans are called diploid organisms because they have two alleles at each genetic locus, with one allele inherited from each parent.

What is Biallelic?

Listen to pronunciation. (BY-uh-LEE-lik) Of or pertaining to both alleles of a single gene (paternal and maternal). For example, biallelic mutation carriers have a mutation (not necessarily the same mutation) in both copies of a particular gene (a paternal and a maternal mutation).