allel

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See also: Allel and al·lel

English

Noun

allel (plural allels)

  1. Archaic form of allele.
    • 1938, United States. National Resources Committee, Reports (issue 2, page 154)
      Hence the female sex-chromosomes have a pair of normal allels for all the sex-determining factors borne in them, while the y-chromosome of the male lacks most of these allels, including the x-chromosomal sex-factors.

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

allel (strong nominative masculine singular alleler, not comparable)

  1. allelic
  2. allelomorphic

Declension

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Clipping of allelomorf, coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902. Ultimately from the Ancient Greek prefix ἀλληλ- (allēl-) from ἄλλος (állos, other).

Adjective

allel (neuter allelt, definite singular and plural allele, comparative allelare, indefinite superlative allelast, definite superlative allelaste)

  1. (genetics) allelic, allelomorphic

Noun

allel n (definite singular allelet, indefinite plural allel, definite plural allela)

  1. (genetics) allele

References

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French allèle, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων (allḗlōn).[1] First attested in 1936.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

allel m inan

  1. (biology) allele
    Synonym: allelomorf

Declension

adjective
nouns

Collocations

  • allel genomugenome allele
  • allel genuallele of a gene
  • allel letalnylethal allele
  • allel markeraallele of a marker
  • allel memumeme allele
  • allel recesywnyrecessive allele
  • allele wielokrotnemultiple alleles
  • częstość/frekwencja alleliallele frequency
  • introgresja alleliintrogression of alleles
  • kombinacja allelicombination of allele
  • kopia allelucopy of an allele
  • liczba allelinumber of alleles
  • obecność allelupresence of an allele
  • proporcja alleliproportion of alleles
  • segregacja allelisegregation of alleles
  • seria alleliseries of alleles
  • układ alleliallele arrangement
  • występowanie alleluoccurrence of an allele
  • zmutowany allelmutant allele

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “allel”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stefan Kazimierz Pieńkowski (1936) Dziedziczność i środowisko ze stanowiska lekarskiego (in Polish), page 12

Further reading

  • allel in Polish dictionaries at PWN