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allele

allele

17 7.4
One of two or more forms of a gene that control a body trait
  • noun
  • /əˈliːl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : alelo
  • Polymorphism refers to the actual number of different alleles (allozymes) that are present in a population.
  • allele frequencies
  • recessive alleles
  • different alleles

So I'm going to put down a little bit of drama on these alleles.

Examples

  • Thus, individuals can propagate their alleles not only by reproducing themselves but also by helping relatives to reproduce.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The presence of this overlapping pattern suggests that one allele is mutated.

    Academic text (2003)

  • So he had to get a good allele from from his mother.

  • Those would be the allele for blue or the allele for brown.

  • It's the genotype that matters, not whether the alleles are present.

  • Multiple variants of the same enzyme are produced by different alleles. Cladogenesis.

    Academic text (2011)

  • For any polymorphic position between the two backgrounds, allele frequencies can be measured from mapped sequencing reads.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The occurrence of a number of unique alleles at lower frequency may also be indicative of reproductive isolation.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Among the 15 DSPR founder strains, the 22-bp deletion allele at Ugt86Dd is fairly common (4/15 or 27%).

    Academic text (2017)

  • The study identified the allele responsible for eye color variation in humans.

Synonyms

allelomorph
vsallele
  • Archaic
9.9

An alternative form of a gene at the same position on a chromosome that affects the same trait

is the currently preferred modern term for that same gene variant

Compounds

dominant allele
  • Specialized
5.0

A version of a gene that shows its trait even with a different version

recessive allele
  • Specialized
6.6

A form of a gene that shows only when both copies are the same

Surface Forms

allele singular
alleles plural

Etymology

Allele comes from Greek parts allos 'other' and morph 'form', and is a short form of allelomorph meaning 'other form'. That's why an allele is one of the 'other forms' of a gene, the different versions parents pass to a child.