单词 | allele |
释义 | allelen. Genetics. Each of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and which may be found in the same position on a homologous chromosome. Cf. allelomorph n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > genetic components > [noun] > allele allelomorph1902 allele1928 null1972 1928 G. H. Shull in Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 14 148 Old-gold flower color is not a simple, monogenic character, but a compound produced by the interaction of two factors, a dominant factor, S, the normal allel of the sulfurea factor, s, and a recessive factor, v. 1955 R. B. Goldschmidt Theoret. Genetics (1958) i. 169 Among many lozenge [locus] alleles, all of which affect the quantity of eye pigment, the eye structure, and the absence of spermathecae in the female..three groups could be shown to exhibit a small amount of crossing-over. 1975 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 102 382/1 Of the variant alleles, 62% are nulls. 2009 J. A. Coyne Why Evol. is True v. 134 Genetic drift can change the frequencies of alleles regardless of how useful they are to their carrier. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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