hbd

Noun

(uncountable)

Having two of the same allele at a locus, or base at a SNP, where both copies are from a single ancestor strand.

Adjective

(not comparable)

Having two of the same allele at a locus, or base at a SNP, where both copies are from a single ancestor strand.

Origin

Abbreviation of homozygous by descent or homozygosity by descent

Abbreviations

(Internet, email, text messaging) happy birthday!

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Its symbolic expression, to a numerical factor pres, is (Hbc) (Hbd) (Hcd) (bcd), and it is clearly of degree 6.

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