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pseudoallele

noun pseu·do·al·lele \ˌsüd-ō-ə-ˈlē(ə)l\

Medical Definition of PSEUDOALLELE

:  any of two or more closely linked genes that act usually as if a single member of an allelic pair but occasionally undergo crossing-over and recombination
pseu·do·al·le·lic \-ˈlē-lik, -ˈlel-ik\ adjective
pseu·do·al·lel·ism \-ˈlē(ə)l-ˌiz-əm, -ˈlel-ˌiz-\ noun

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