allel

noun

Meaning

Archaic form of allele.

Examples

Hence the female sex-chromosomes have a pair of normal allels for all the sex-determining factors borne in them, while the y-chromosome of the male lacks most of these allels, including the x-chromosomal sex-factors.

Word Forms

allels

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