haplotype
World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| a set of alleles inherited by an individual from a single parent | |
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Medical Dictionary
haplotype hap·lo·type (hāp'lə-tīp')
n.
The set of alleles that determine different antigens but are closely linked on one chromosome and inherited as a unit, providing a distinctive genetic pattern used in histocompatibility testing.
The antigenic phenotype determined by closely linked genes inherited as a unit from one parent.
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