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.