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allele
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun allele has 1 sense
- allele(n = noun.body) allelomorph - (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character; "some alleles are dominant over others" is a kind of cistron, factor, gene
has particulars: dominant, dominant allele, recessive, recessive allele
Derived form adjective allelic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
allele, n.
- one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that can have the same place on homologous chromosomes and are responsible for alternative traits. [WordNet 1.5]
- either of a pair of Mendelian characters that may occur in an organism as a consequence of variation at one gene locus. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
allele, n. (also allel) one of the (usu. two) alternative forms of a gene.
Derivative
allelic adj.
Etymology
G Allel, abbr. of ALLELOMORPH
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