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While the Environmental Genome Project does not seek to assign allele frequencies, we are aware of the importance of accurate allele frequency estimates for future epidemiologic studies and the large sample sizes such estimates will require.
Samuel Wilson

Meaning of "allele" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ALLELE

From German Allel, shortened from allelomorph, from Greek allēl- one another + morphē form.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ALLELE

allele  [əˈliːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALLELE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Allele is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALLELE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Allele

An allele, or allel, is one of a number of alternative forms of the same gene or same genetic locus. It is the alternative form of a gene for a character producing different effects. Sometimes, different alleles can result in different observable phenotypic traits, such as different pigmentation. However, many genetic variations result in little or no observable variation. Most multicellular organisms have two sets of chromosomes; that is, they are diploid. These chromosomes are referred to as homologous chromosomes. Diploid organisms have one copy of each gene on each chromosome. If both alleles are the same, they and the organism are homozygous and the organisms are homozygotes. If the alleles are different, they and the organism are heterozygous and the organisms are heterozygotes. The word "allele" is a short form of allelomorph, which was used in the early days of genetics to describe variant forms of a gene detected as different phenotypes. It derives from the Greek prefix ἀλλήλ, allel, meaning "reciprocal" or "each other", which itself is related to the Greek adjective ἄλλος, meaning "other".

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALLELE


appeal
əˈpiːl
automobile
ˈɔːtəməˌbiːl
deal
diːl
feel
fiːl
heal
hiːl
heel
hiːl
hele
hiːl
leal
liːl
meal
miːl
reel
riːl
reveal
rɪˈviːl
seal
siːl
spiel
ʃpiːl
steal
stiːl
steel
stiːl
teal
tiːl
teil
tiːl
unleal
ʌnˈliːl
we´ll
wiːl
wheel
wiːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALLELE

allegoriser
allegorist
allegorization
allegorize
allegorizer
allegory
allegretto
Allegri
allegro
allel
allelic
allelism
allelomorph
allelomorphic
allelomorphism
allelopathic
allelopathy
alleluia
alleluiah
allemande

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALLELE

abele
banjolele
banjulele
clientele
dele
hydrocele
kantele
kebele
Ndebele
Passchendaele
Peele
Ramphele
Scheele
Schiele
sele
Steele
stele
triskele
ukelele
ukulele

Synonyms and antonyms of allele in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «allele» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALLELE

Find out the translation of allele to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of allele from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «allele» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

等位基因
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alelo
570 millions of speakers

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allele
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एलील
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

أليل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аллель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alelo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আলীল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

allèle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Allel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アレル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대립 유전자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Allele
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

allele
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எதிருரு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एलील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

allel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

allele
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

allel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

аллель
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alela
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

αλληλόμορφο
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

allele
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

allel
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

allel
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about allele

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QUOTES WITH «ALLELE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word allele.
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Samuel Wilson
While the Environmental Genome Project does not seek to assign allele frequencies, we are aware of the importance of accurate allele frequency estimates for future epidemiologic studies and the large sample sizes such estimates will require.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALLELE»

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Forensic DNA Typing: Biology, Technology, and Genetics of ...
The concept of minimum allele frequencies will be discussed below. Evett and Gill (1991) arrived at a similar conclusion with multilocus matches of DNA profiles , namely that 100–120 individuals per locus per population were sufficient for ...
John M. Butler, 2005
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Comparative Genomics
It is customary, therefore, to refer to the "allele substitution effect", of the allele ( Falconer and Mackay, 1996). This is average effect of the allele, as it is expressed against the varied genetic and environmental backgrounds acting on the ...
Melody Clark, 2000
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Allele-specific Gene Regulation in Humans
Differential allelic expression and gene expression mapping studies have provided insight into the extent of allele-specific gene expression. A large percentage of the variation appears to have a genetic basis and, considering what is now ...
Nathaniel David Maynard, 2008
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The Advance of an Advantageous Allele: Nucleation, Front ...
For α1 < μ and α2 < μ neither allele can persist dynamically, and the stable stationary point is (ρ∗1 ,ρ∗2) = (0,0). We refer to this as “phase 0”. Keeping μ fixed, for α1 > μ and α1 > α2 , allele 1 competitively excludes allele 2 at equilibrium.
Lauren O'Malley, 2008
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Functional Analysis of EGFR Using a Conditional Allele
To determine whether the Egfrtm1Dwt allele has wildtype activity, Egfrtm1Dwt/+ mice were crossed with Egfrtm1Mag/+ mice carrying a null allele to generate Egfrtm1Dwt/tm1Mag offspring as well as control littermates. All mice from this cross ...
Tang-Cheng Lee, 2008
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Molecular Markers for Allele Mining
M. Carmen de Vicente, Jean-Christophe Glaszmann (editors). Diversity of barley genetic resource in China and progress in barley genotyping for theGCP Zhang Jing1, Zhang Chihong1, Michael Baum2 & Jan Valkoun2 1Institute of Crop ...
M. Carmen de Vicente, Jean-Christophe Glaszmann (editors), 2006
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Characterization of a Murine Hypomorphic Allele of the ...
Murine models of other spindle checkpoint genes demonstrated early embryonic lethality in null animals, thus a conditional allele was designed to allow either tissue specific or temporal deletion of Bub1, greatly expanding the utility of the ...
Mark Jason Schliekelman, 2008
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Evaluation of Non-classical HLA-E Allele Frequencies in ...
The HLA-E allele and genotype frequencies for four different populations have been illustrated in Table 1 and 2. Table 1. HLA-E genotypic frequencies (%) in the populations studied [39]. Table2. HLA-E allele and genotypic frequencies [40] An ...
Abootaleb Rahmanian, 2008
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Counter-selection Markers for Allele Replacement in ...
ABSTRACT OF DISSERTATION COUNTER-SELECTION MARKERS FOR ALLELE REPLACEMENT IN Burkholderia pseudomallei Burkholderia pseudomallei is a gram negative bacillus that lives in the soil of tropical regions around the ...
Carolina Maria Lopez-Pelaez, 2008
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Handbook of Human Genetic Linkage
Locus. Types. I: Allele. Numbers. and. Binary. Factors. In this chapter, you will be introduced to the binary factors locus type, which is perhaps the most basic way of inputting data into the LINKAGE programs. You will also see the relationship ...
Joseph Douglas Terwilliger, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALLELE»

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The Strange World of "Reward Deficiency Syndrome" (Part 2)
According to Blum, a particular genetic variant of the D2R gene, the A1 allele of the Taq1A polymorphism, is the cause of many, perhaps even ... «Discover Magazine, Jul 15»
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Lamina propria macrophage phenotypes in relation to Escherichia …
This may be in keeping with a recent Danish study that reported the association of a COX-2 gene polymorphism (A-1195G variant allele) with ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
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Nonallelic homologous recombination of the FCGR2/3 locus results …
Finally, a rare FCGR2B null-variant allele was found, in which a polymorphic stop codon of FCGR2C is introduced into one FCGR2B gene, ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Molecular genetics of coronary artery disease
These associations were successfully replicated with both additional Japanese and Taiwanese cohorts. Interestingly, this allele was observed ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Transgenomic (TBIO) Launches ICEme Mutation Enrichment Kits
MX-ICP technology is also non-allele specific, amplifying all mutations in the region under investigation. It delivers ultra-high sensitivity, ... «StreetInsider.com, Jul 15»
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Novel mutations in PAX6, OTX2 and NDP in anophthalmia …
Of these 592 variants, 388 had an allele frequency >1% in the general population and thus were considered benign. There were 68 rare ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Evaluation of transethnic fine mapping with population-specific and …
... covariates, Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, minor allele frequency threshold and SNP/sample call rate are outlined in Supplementary Table S1. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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A comparison of genomic selection models across time in interior …
SNP tables were coded as: aa=−1, Aa=0, AA=1, where a is the reference allele, and A is the alternative allele. All analyses were completed ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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As PGx Program Grows, Vanderbilt Hoping to Expand Reported …
"In 88 percent of cases [tested within Vanderbilt,] you're going to find at least one actionable allele," she said. According to data researchers ... «GenomeWeb, Jun 15»
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Major depressive disorder and current psychological distress …
However, the rs9939609 A allele was found to increase risk for MDD in an independent sample of 1544 cases and 2806 controls, although ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»

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