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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French allèle, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων (allḗlōn).[1] First attested in 1936.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈal.lɛl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -allɛl
  • Syllabification: al‧lel

Noun

allel m inan

  1. (biology) allele
    Synonym: allelomorf

Declension
Declension of allel
singular plural
nominative allel allele
genitive allelu alleli
dative allelowi allelom
accusative allel allele
instrumental allelem allelami
locative allelu allelach
vocative allelu allele
adjective
nouns

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

References
  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “allel”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Stefan Kazimierz Pieńkowski (1936) Dziedziczność i środowisko ze stanowiska lekarskiego‎ (in Polish), page 12

Further reading
  • allel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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