bivalent
Americanadjective
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Chemistry.
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having a valence of two.
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having two valences, as aluminum with valences of two and three.
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Genetics. pertaining to associations of two homologous chromosomes.
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adjective
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chem another word for divalent
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(of homologous chromosomes) associated together in pairs
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Overall, antibodies produced by serum from the bivalent vaccine-dosed health care professionals were more efficient at neutralizing BA.2.86 than they were at neutralizing other omicron variants, including XBB.1.5.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2024
Among those who had received the recently released bivalent booster vaccine, it was zero.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
Its genetic drift is significantly different from BA.4 and BA.5, the variants last year's bivalent boosters were targeted against.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2023
As the first vaccine’s potency waned with newer omicron variants, a bivalent booster was approved in August 2022 that targeted the initial virus and BA.5, which was dominant at the time.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
Figure 145 is a prophase showing the bivalent chromosomes still connected by linin fibers.
From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part II by Nettie Maria Stevens
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