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allelic

American  
[uh-leel-ik] / əˈlil ɪk /

adjective

  1. Genetics. relating to or being an allele.


Other Word Forms

  • allelically adverb
  • multi-allelic adjective

Example Sentences

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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

If the allelic frequency measured in the field differs from the predicted value, scientists can make inferences about what evolutionary forces are at play.

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

Colours are arbitrary and only allelic gene pairs are represented.

From Nature • Aug. 21, 2013

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

From Nature • Aug. 21, 2013