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ALLELOMORPH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(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

Example:

some alleles are dominant over others

Synonyms:

allele; allelomorph

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("allelomorph" is a kind of...):

cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "allelomorph"):

dominant; dominant allele (an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different)

recessive; recessive allele (an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical)

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