Complete Definition of "allele"

English
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Etymology
From G. term|Allel|langde, shortened from term|Allelomorph|langde, from English term|allelomorph.

Noun
en-noun

  1. genetics One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position on a chromosome.

Synonyms
allelomorph

Translations
trans-top|variant of a gene
Czech: alela f
Finnish: alleeli
German: Allel n
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Greek: αλληλ�μο��ο γονίδιο n
Icelandic: samsæta f, genasamsæta f, tvenndargen n
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Related terms
allelomorph
diallelic
monoallelic
multiple allelism
nonallelic

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