alel
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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch allele, from German Allel, shortened from Allelomorph, from English allelomorph, from Ancient Greek, prefix ἀλληλ- (allēl-), from ἄλλος (állos, “other”).
Pronunciation
Noun
alel (plural alel-alel, first-person possessive alelku, second-person possessive alelmu, third-person possessive alelnya)
- (genetics) allele: one of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.
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Further reading
- “alel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.