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Allele
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one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
alleles
Examples
In Mendelian genetics, offspring inherit one allele from each parent for a particular trait.
Lexical Tree
allelic
nonallele
allele
