isogenic
adjective
iso·gen·ic
ˌī-sō-ˈje-nik 
: characterized by essentially identical genes
identical twins are isogenic
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Resistance to remdesivir decreases viral fitness To determine if E802D did in fact confer resistance, the mutation was cloned into an isogenic SARS-CoV-2 strain and resistance to remdesivir was measured.
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William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
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isogenic
adjective
iso·gen·ic
-ˈjen-ik
: characterized by essentially identical genes
identical twins are isogenic
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