allele

[ UK /ɐlˈiːl/ ]
[ US /əˈɫɛɫi/ ]
NOUN
  1. (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
    some alleles are dominant over others
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How To Use allele In A Sentence

  • These two elements in the story, the unparalleled beauty and the long deep sleep, are what light up the mind and set one questioning. What the Bee Knows - reflections on myth, symbol and story
  • However, Oktoberfest is also marketed as a student slosh fest of unparalleled quality and good times.
  • Loci of noncoding markers that have possible codominant alleles are in boldface italic type.
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  • For convenience, we consider only the case of two alleles at each of the three loci and the notation in this case is varied to reduce the superscripts and subscripts.
  • An allele that provides better immunity against parasites will increase in frequency within a population.
  • Conclusion The SNP fluorescent-multiplex system based on the fragment length discrepant allele specific PCR strategy is simple and economical, and is of a high application value in forensic medicine.
  • The country is facing a crisis unparalleled since the Second World War.
  • The A allele was the dominant allele in the most domestic pig populations investigated, while the B allele was the dominant allele in Meis-han pigs, Wuzhishan pigs, Tibetan pigs and Rongehang pigs.
  • Both transcripts from the mutated allele are thus likely to encode completely nonfunctional GLB1 proteins.
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