allel

See also: Allel and al·lel

English

Noun

allel (plural allels)

1. Archaic form of allele.
   • 1938, United States. National Resources Committee, Reports (issue 2, page 154)

     Hence the female sex-chromosomes have a pair of normal allels for all the sex-determining factors borne in them, while the y-chromosome of the male lacks most of these allels, including the x-chromosomal sex-factors.

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

allel (strong nominative masculine singular alleler, not comparable)

1. allelic
2. allelomorphic

Declension

Positive forms of allel (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist allel	sie ist allel	es ist allel	sie sind allel
strong declension (without article)	nominative	alleler	allele	alleles	allele
	genitive	allelen	alleler	allelen	alleler
	dative	allelem	alleler	allelem	allelen
	accusative	allelen	allele	alleles	allele
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der allele	die allele	das allele	die allelen
	genitive	des allelen	der allelen	des allelen	der allelen
	dative	dem allelen	der allelen	dem allelen	den allelen
	accusative	den allelen	die allele	das allele	die allelen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein alleler	eine allele	ein alleles	(keine) allelen
	genitive	eines allelen	einer allelen	eines allelen	(keiner) allelen
	dative	einem allelen	einer allelen	einem allelen	(keinen) allelen
	accusative	einen allelen	eine allele	ein alleles	(keine) allelen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Clipping of allelomorf, coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902. Ultimately from the Ancient Greek prefix ἀλληλ- (allēl-) from ἄλλος (állos, “other”).

Adjective

allel (neuter allelt, definite singular and plural allele, comparative allelare, indefinite superlative allelast, definite superlative allelaste)

1. (genetics) allelic, allelomorphic

Noun

allel n (definite singular allelet, indefinite plural allel, definite plural allela)

1. (genetics) allele

References

• “allel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων (allḗlōn)

French allèlebor.

Polish allel

Borrowed from French allèle, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων (allḗlōn). First attested in 1936.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.lɛl/

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• Rhymes: -allɛl
• Syllabification: al‧lel

Noun

allel m inan

1. (biology) allele

   Synonym: allelomorf

Declension

Declension of allel

	singular	plural
nominative	allel	allele
genitive	allela, allelu	alleli, allelów
dative	allelowi	allelom
accusative	allel	allele
instrumental	allelem	allelami
locative	allelu	allelach
vocative	allelu	allele

Related terms

adjective

• allelopatyczny

nouns

• allelomorf
• allelopatia

Collocations

• allel genomu ― genome allele
• allel genu ― allele of a gene
• allel letalny ― lethal allele
• allel markera ― allele of a marker
• allel memu ― meme allele
• allel recesywny ― recessive allele
• allele wielokrotne ― multiple alleles
• częstość/frekwencja alleli ― allele frequency
• introgresja alleli ― introgression of alleles
• kombinacja alleli ― combination of allele
• kopia allelu ― copy of an allele
• liczba alleli ― number of alleles
• obecność allelu ― presence of an allele
• proporcja alleli ― proportion of alleles
• segregacja alleli ― segregation of alleles
• seria alleli ― series of alleles
• układ alleli ― allele arrangement
• występowanie allelu ― occurrence of an allele
• zmutowany allel ― mutant allele

Further reading

• “allel”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)