allel
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English
Noun
allel (plural allels)
- 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.
- 1938, United States. National Resources Committee, Reports (issue 2, page 154)
German
Pronunciation
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Adjective
allel (strong nominative masculine singular alleler, not comparable)
Declension
Positive forms of allel (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist allel | sie ist allel | es ist allel | sie sind allel | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | alleler | allele | alleles | allele |
| genitive | allelen | alleler | allelen | alleler | |
| dative | allelem | alleler | allelem | allelen | |
| accusative | allelen | allele | alleles | allele | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der allele | die allele | das allele | die allelen |
| genitive | des allelen | der allelen | des allelen | der allelen | |
| dative | dem allelen | der allelen | dem allelen | den allelen | |
| accusative | den allelen | die allele | das allele | die allelen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein alleler | eine allele | ein alleles | (keine) allelen |
| genitive | eines allelen | einer allelen | eines allelen | (keiner) allelen | |
| dative | einem allelen | einer allelen | einem allelen | (keinen) allelen | |
| accusative | einen allelen | eine allele | ein alleles | (keine) allelen | |
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)
Noun
allel n (definite singular allelet, indefinite plural allel, definite plural allela)
References
- “allel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French allèle, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων (allḗlōn). First attested in 1936.
Pronunciation
Noun
allel m inan
- (biology) allele
- Synonym: allelomorf
Declension
Declension of allel
Related terms
adjective
nouns
Collocations
- allel genomu ― genome allele
- allel genu ― allele of a gene
- allel letalny ― lethal allele
- allel markera ― allele of a marker
- allel memu ― meme allele
- allel recesywny ― recessive allele
- allele wielokrotne ― multiple alleles
- częstość/frekwencja alleli ― allele frequency
- introgresja alleli ― introgression of alleles
- kombinacja alleli ― combination of allele
- kopia allelu ― copy of an allele
- liczba alleli ― number of alleles
- obecność allelu ― presence of an allele
- proporcja alleli ― proportion of alleles
- segregacja alleli ― segregation of alleles
- seria alleli ― series of alleles
- układ alleli ― allele arrangement
- występowanie allelu ― occurrence of an allele
- zmutowany allel ― mutant allele
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “allel”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Stefan Kazimierz Pieńkowski (1936) Dziedziczność i środowisko ze stanowiska lekarskiego (in Polish), page 12
Further reading
- allel in Polish dictionaries at PWN