Allele

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  allele \al*lele"\ n.
     1. 1
  
     1. one of two or more alternative forms of a gene that can
        have the same place on homologous chromosomes and are
        responsible for alternative traits.


  
     Syn: allelomorph
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. either of a pair of Mendelian characters that may occur in
        an organism as a consequence of variation at one gene
        locus.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  allele
       n : one of two alternate forms of a gene that can have the same
           locus on homologous chromosomes and are responsible for
           alternative traits; "some alleles are dominant over
           others" [syn: {allelomorph}]