Word

allele, n.
(alleles)

(genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character
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allele allelomorph

sample sentences

"some alleles are dominant over others"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

allelic

semantic pointers

hypernym

gene, cistron, factor

domain of synset (topic)

genetics, genetic science

hyponym

dominant allele, dominant recessive allele, recessive