haplo-sufficient gene
haplo-sufficient gene
[¦hap‚lō sə‚fish·ənt ′jēn] (genetics)
Any gene that allows the production of viable adults even when one copy of the gene in diploids is mutant or deleted from one of the homologous chromosomes.
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