allele
noun/əˈliːl/
/əˈliːl/
(biology)- one of two or more possible forms of a gene that are found at the same place on a chromosomeTopics Biologyc2Word Origin1930s: from German Allel, abbreviation of allelomorph (from Greek allēl- ‘one another’ + morphē ‘form’).
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