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One of several variants that can occupy a locus on a chromosome 
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An alternative form of a gene.
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Alternative forms of a gene. Each form produces a unique inheritable characteristic.
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(al-eel) [Gk. allelon, of one another] An alternative form of a gene.
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One of several alternate forms of a gene which occur at the same relative position (locus) on homologous chromosomes and which become separated during meiosis and can be recombined following fusion of [..]
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Any one of the possible alternative forms in which a specific gene can occur
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1931, from German allel, abbreviation of allelomorph (1902), coined from Greek allel- "one another" (from allos "other;" see alias (adv.)) + morphe "form" (see Morpheus).
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An alternate version of a gene, e.g., Gregor Mendel's pea plants have flowers with two colors: white and reddish-purple. The flower color gene in this case has two alleles, one for white and the [..]
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One form of a gene. Alleles are different forms of a particular gene. A given gene locus can have any one of many different forms of the gene, different alleles, occupying the locus. When the two alle [..]
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Different forms of the same gene; allele "A" may produce a tall plant, while allele "a" gives a short plant.
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alternate versions of a given gene: for eye color, for example, the blue allele vs. the brown allele.
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An allele is a genetic variant at a specific point, locus, in our genetic code.
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An alternate form of a gene; a single gene can have multiple alleles, or versions. © Nature Education
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An allele is one of the alternative (two or more) forms of a particular gene inherited separately from each parent; usually found at the same locus on homologous chromosomes. Equivalent genes in the t [..]
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noun. one of the alternate types of a gene at a certain venue onto every one of the sets of coordinating chromosomes transmitted from the mom and dad. Every individual commonly has 2 alleles for every [..]
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An allele is an alternative form of a gene loated on a given locus of a chromosome
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An alternative form of the same gene that occupies the same location on a chromosome.
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(Gr. allelon
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One of the alternative forms of a gene. For example, if a gene determines the color of eyes, one allele of that gene may produce brown eyes and another allele produce blue eyes. In a diploid cell ther [..]
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The genetic variant of a gene. A gene can be found in different variants in a population, even in the same individual. Alleles are responsible for the different traits of certain characteristics, such as eye and hair color in animals, and flower and seed color in plants. Alleles are also responsible for genetic diseases.
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 – a ‘form’ of a gene. For example you might have a gene for hair colour, which has multiple alleles – each of which codes for different colour.
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One of two or more different forms of a gene or genetic locus.
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A particular form of a gene
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Human genes occur in pairs, one on each chromosome
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  Alternate forms of an autosomal gene or locus situated at the same locus on the maternal or paternal chromosomes.  A randomly inserted transgene is not an allele. A targeted mutation of the endogeno [..]
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An alternative genetic sequence at a given chromosome location, governing the same physical trait. Typically you inherit one allele form your mother and one allele from your father.
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alternate forms or varieties of a gene
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one of two or more variant forms of a gene.
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the alternative form of a gene or DNA sequence that occurs at a given locus. Some loci have only one allele, some have two, and some have many alternative forms. Alleles occur in pairs, one on each chromosome.
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Different versions of the same gene.
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[noun] A variation of a genetic element, usually resulting in a distinct trait. Appears in modules:
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A form of a gene. We inherit one allele of a gene from our mother and the other allele from our father. These two alleles can be the same (homozygous) or they can be different (heterozygous).
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An alternative version, or variant, of a given gene.
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alternative form of a gene, e.g. dominant (always expressed if present) or recessive (only expressed if no dominant allele is present).
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(n) (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character
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One of two or more versions of a gene. Different alleles produce variations in inherited characteristics, such as eye color.
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One of the forms of a given gene.
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An allele is the name given to one of a set of alternative forms of a gene. In each cell there are 23 chromosome pairs which carry the same genes but these genes will vary differently as one set comes [..]
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One of two or more alternative forms of a gene located at the corresponding site (locus) on homologous chromosomes.
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One of the possible alternative forms of a gene or of any DNA sequence occupying a specific position along a chromosome. The specific combination of alleles in an individual forms its genotype. Allèle
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An alternative form of a gene or any other segment of a chromosome.
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one of a set of alternative forms of a gene. Diploid cells possess two homologous chromosomes (one derived from each parent) and therefore two copies of each gene. In a diploid cell, a gene will have [..]
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Variant Forms of the same Gene, occupying the same locus on homologous Chromosomes, and governing the variants in production of the same Gene product.
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An allele is a variant of a single gene, inherited at a particular genetic locus; it is a particular sequence of nucleotides, coding for messenger RNA (see also dominant/recessive). Like genes, allele [..]
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One member of a pair or series of genes that occupy a specific position on a specific chromosome.'
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One or two or more alternative forms of a single gene locus. Different alleles of a gene each have a unique nucleotide sequence, and their activities are all concerned with the same biochemical and de [..]
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One member of a pair or series of genes that occupy a specific position on a specific chromosome. Allergen
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An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the blood and bone marrow. Also called acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute lymphocytic leukemia.
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One of two or more alternative forms of a gene that exists at a specific gene location on a chromosome. Different alleles produce variation in inherited characteristics such as hair color or blood type. In an individual, one form of the allele (the dominant one) may be expressed more than another form (the recessive one).
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One of two or more alternative forms of a gene. A person may have two copies of the same allele which would be called homozygous or two different forms which is heterozygous. Different alleles arise from changes in the base sequence of that gene through mutations. For example, the gene for eye colour has different alleles resulting in blue or brown [..]
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One of the alternative forms of the same gene.
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A variant form of a given gene that occupies a specific chromosomal locus.
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Allele, in biology, is the term given to the appropriate range of values for genes. In genetic algorithms, an allele is the value of the gene (or genes).
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<genetics> Any one of a series of two or more different genes that occupy the same position (locus) on a chromosome. Since autosomal chromosomes are paired, each autosomal locus is represented twice. If both chromosomes have the same allele, occupying the same locus, the condition is referred to as homozygous for this allele. If the alleles a [..]
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Traditional definition: alternate forms of a gene, composed of one or more SNPs. More loosely: a SNP. For example, at a given position along a chromosome, most people might have the DNA base "A&q [..]
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Alternative form of a gene. One of the different forms of a gene that can exist at a single locus.
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Different forms of the same gene; allele "A" may produce a tall plant, while allele "a" gives a short plant.
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An alternate form of a gene, differing in DNA sequence and affecting the functioning of a single gene product (RNA and/or protein).
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One of several alternative forms of a gene occupying the same locus on a particular chromosome.
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An allele is a viable DNA coding of the same gene occupying a given locus on a chromosome.
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One of several forms of the same gene, presumably differing by mutation of the DNA sequence. Alleles are usually recognized by their phenotypic effects; DNA sequence variants, which may differ at several or many sites, are usually called haplotypes.
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One of two or more alternative nucleotide sequences at a single gene locus on a chromosome.
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One of a series of possible alternative DNA sequences at a given locus.
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Broadly, one of the alternative forms of a gene or genetic marker. More narrowly, the term allele value refers to a count of the number of repeats in an STR (pronounced ess-tee-are). A list of marker [..]
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One of the variant forms of a gene, differing from other forms in its nucleotide sequence.
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An alternative form of a gene (one member of a pair) that’s located at a specific position on a specific chromosome and determines a distinct trait that can be passed on from parents to children.
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One member of a pair or series of genes that occupy a specific position on a specific chromosome. MPN community discusses &quot;allele burden&quot; as a metric that may or may not be related t [..]
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one of the variants of genetic material on a specific location (locus) of the chromosome. An individual has a chromosome pair where there are two alleles, which can be identical or not, and this is ca [..]
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a gene variant that dominates in the expression over the other allele and therefore appears more often in the population. According to classical Mendelian genetics, the dominant allele is the reason f [..]
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gene variant that is expressed only if both alleles are recessive. It appears less frequently in the population. According to classical Mendelian genetics, the probability of the presence of a phenoty [..]
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A particular variant of a gene.
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This is the product of a gene. The gene contains information for the DQ molecule or antenna. Once the antenna or molecule is expressed on the cell surface, it is called an Allele or an antigen.
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One of the alternative versions of a gene (i.e variation in DNA sequence) that occurs at a specific chromosomal locus (site).
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One of the variant forms of a gene at a particular locus, or location, on a chromosome. Different alleles produce variation in inherited characteristics such as hair color or blood type. In a dominant [..]
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An allele (UK: , ; US: ; modern formation from Greek ἄλλος állos, "other") is a variation of the same sequence of nucleotides at the same place on a long DNA molecule, as described in leading textbook [..]
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An allele is one of two or more versions of a gene. An individual inherits two alleles for each gene, one from each parent. If the two alleles are the same, the individual is homozygous for that gene. If the alleles are different, the individual is heterozygous. Though the term allele was originally used to describe variation among genes, it now al [..]
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different forms of the same gene; allele “A” may produce a tall plant, while allele “a” gives a short plant. Ammonification
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