allelomorph
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- allelomorphic adjective
- allelomorphism noun
Etymology
Origin of allelomorph
Example Sentences
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In the blue Andalusian fowls discussed, the white condition in the one parent is the allelomorph of the black condition in the other.
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This eye color, which is an allelomorph of white, is also interesting because in the female the color is deeper than in the male.
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Multiple allelomorphs, that is, a series of different grades of a single factor.
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An albino is a homozygote; that is, all its gametes are carrying the character of albinism and none of them bear the alternative character —the allelomorph—-of pigmentation.
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The Theory of Presence and Absence.—Many, if not all, allelomorphs consist of the presence and absence respectively of a given determiner.
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