"alleles" as noun
1 - One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.
alleles
[ həˈloʊ ]
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Alleles are different versions of the same gene. They determine traits, like eye color or height. Each organism has two alleles for each gene, one from each parent.
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Synonyms
1 - variant
2 - versions
3 - forms
4 - types
5 - kinds
6 - versions
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Antonyms
1 - homologous
2 - dominant
3 - recessive
4 - single
5 - pair
6 - genetic
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1 - These alleles became more frequent and the cecum continued to shrink.
1 - Estos alelos se hicieron más frecuentes y el ciego empezó a menguar.
2 - So the child could inherit both of these red alleles .
2 - Por lo que el niño podría heredar dos de estos alelos rojos.
3 - Thus the virgins from such a colony always will have two alleles .
3 - Así, las reinas vírgenes de una colonia siempre tendrán dos alelos .
4 - The alleles are there, but spread out in the population.
4 - Los alelos están ahí, pero se extienden en la población.
5 - The set of alleles that a person has is called a genotype.
5 - El conjunto de alelos que tiene una persona se llama genotipo.
6 - The two members of each gene pair are called alleles .
6 - Los dos miembros de cada par de genes se llaman alelos .
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