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Definition of Alleles
1. allele [n] - See also: allele
Medical Definition of Alleles
1. Mutually exclusive forms of the same gene, occupying the same locus on homologous chromosomes, and governing the same biochemical and developmental process. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alleles
Literary usage of Alleles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Statistical Inference from Genetic Data on Pedigrees by Elizabeth Alison Thompson (2000)
"Chapter Genes, Pedigrees and Genetic Models DNA, alleles, loci, genotypes, and
phenotypes The DNA in the nuclei of cells of an individual consists of about ..."
2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Females heterozygous for the mutant alleles are a mosaic of light and dark ...
In addition to influences on pigmentation, alleles at the mottled locus are ..."
3. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"Restoration of pollen fertility in T-cytoplasm maize is controlled by dominant
alleles at two unlinked, complementary, nuclear-encoded genes, rfl and rf2. ..."
4. Transposable Elements in Plants: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and Bibliography by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"Restoration of pollen fertility in T-cytoplasm maize is controlled by dominant
alleles at two unlinked, complementary, nuclear-encoded genes, rfl and rf2. ..."
5. SAS/Genetics(tm) 9.1.3 User's Guide by Wendy Czika, Xiang Yu, Virginia Clark, Rob Pratt (2005)
"Genotypes with all missing alleles are dropped from calculations for ...
In calculating the allele frequencies, missing alleles are dropped and the ..."
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