Phenomena and Processes

Alleles

Variant forms of the same gene, occupying the same locus on homologous CHROMOSOMES, and governing the variants in production of the same gene product.

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Abstract

Variant forms of the same gene, occupying the same locus on homologous CHROMOSOMES, and governing the variants in production of the same gene product.

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3 entry terms
  • Allelomorphs
  • Allele
  • Allelomorph

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History Note

68

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Previous Indexing

  • Genes (1966-1967)

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  1. G05.360w.340w.024.340w.030w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Alleles. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000483. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000483
  2. Alleles. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allele
  3. Alleles. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80726