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Allotropic vs Allotopic - What's the difference?

allotropic | allotopic |

As adjectives the difference between allotropic and allotopic

is that allotropic is (chemistry) describing a form of an element that exhibits allotropy while allotopic is (genetics) relating to expression from the nuclear genome of genes that normally are expressed only from the mitochondrial genome.

allotropic

English

Adjective

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  • (chemistry) Describing a form of an element that exhibits allotropy.
  • * Graphite and diamond are allotropic forms of carbon.

    • allotopic

    English

    (Allotopic expression)

    Adjective

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  • (genetics) Relating to expression from the nuclear genome of genes that normally are expressed only from the mitochondrial genome.