ALLELE


Meaning of ALLELE in English

/ əˈliːl; NAmE / noun

( biology ) one of two or more possible forms of a gene that are found at the same place on a chromosome

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WORD ORIGIN

1930s: from German Allel , abbreviation of allelomorph (from Greek allēl- one another + morphē form).

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