Allele Definition

ə-lēl
alleles
noun
alleles
Either of a pair of genes located at the same position on both members of a pair of chromosomes and conveying characters that are inherited in accordance with Mendelian law.
Webster's New World
Any of the alternative forms of a gene or other homologous DNA sequence.
American Heritage Medicine

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

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Noun

Singular:
allele
Plural:
alleles

Origin of Allele

  • German Allel short for Allelomorph allelomorph from English allelomorph

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From German Allel, shortened from Allelomorph, from English allelomorph.

    From Wiktionary

Allele Sentence Examples

  • To be affected by the disease, which shows autosomal recessive inheritance, a baby must inherit a mutant allele from each parent.

  • In 5/6 patients the wild-type allele was lost in the tumor samples, suggesting a causal role for the mutations in RCC.

  • Allele frequencies are used where parental genotypes are missing.

  • Model-based linkage disequilibrium unit (LDU) maps appear robust to marker density and consistently influenced by marker allele frequency.

  • Here the recessive allele produces the ordinary blue, also called English blue or American blue.

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Words Starting With

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