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allelic

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[uh-leel-ik] / əˈlil ɪk /

adjective

  1. Genetics. relating to or being an allele.


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MSL2, as revealed, may just be one example of such an allelic regulator, suggesting the existence of other factors performing similar roles.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2023

Figure 19.2 When populations are in the Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, the allelic frequency is stable from generation to generation and the distribution of alleles can be determined from the Hardy–Weinberg equation.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Make and justify a claim regarding the effect of allelic variation on the stability of the guppy population.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

In addition to allelic variation, the variation in gene content may contribute to heterosis, as has been suggested for maize.

From Nature ● Jan. 22, 2014

Asterisks highlight colinearity breakpoints between scaffold av1 and its allelic partners av44, av94, av122, av316 and av448.

From Nature ● Aug. 21, 2013

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