allele

English

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Etymology

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

Noun

allele (plural alleles)

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

Synonyms

• allelomorph

Related terms

• allelomorph
• biallelic
• diallelic
• monoallelic
• multiple allelism
• nonallelic

Derived terms

• allele frequency

Translations

variant of a gene

• Catalan: al·lel (ca) m
• Czech: alela (cs) f
• Finnish: alleeli (fi)
• French: allèle (fr)
• German: Allel (de) n
• Greek: αλληλόμορφο γονίδιο (el) (allilómorfo gonídio) n
• Icelandic: samsæta (is) f, genasamsæta (is) f, tvenndargen (is) n
• Ido: alelo (io)

• Indonesian: alel (id)
• Italian: allele (it) m
• Portuguese: alelo (pt)
• Russian: аллель (ru) (allélʹ) f
• Slovene: alel (sl) m
• Spanish: alelo (es) m
• Swedish: allel (sv) c

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Italian

Noun

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allele m (plural alleli)

1. (genetics) allele