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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

This hierarchy, or allelic series, was revealed by observing the phenotypes of each possible heterozygote offspring.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

At gene scale, the genome of A. vaga is tetraploid and comprises both anciently duplicated segments and less divergent allelic regions.

From Nature Aug. 21, 2013

However, in contrast to sexual species, the allelic regions are rearranged and sometimes even found on the same chromosome.

From Nature Aug. 21, 2013

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