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multiple allele
noun
, Genetics.
- any one of a series of three or more alternative or allelic forms of a gene, only two of which can exist in any normal, diploid individual.
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- multiple allelism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of multiple allele1
First recorded in 1935–40
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