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allelic

American  
[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

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

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Parental types are progeny that exhibit the same allelic combination as their parents.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

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

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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