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ALLELE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does allele mean?

• ALLELE (noun)
The noun ALLELE has 1 sense:

1. 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

Familiarity information: ALLELE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ALLELE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

allele; allelomorph

Context example:

some alleles are dominant over others

Hypernyms ("allele" is a kind of...):

cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "allele"):

dominant; dominant allele (an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different)

recessive; recessive allele (an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical)

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