allele
/uh-leel/US // əˈlil //UK // (əˈliːl) //
等位基因,等位数,等价物,等位词
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Genetics.
- : any of several forms of a gene, usually arising through mutation, that are responsible for hereditary variation.
Examples
The Neanderthals and Denisovans have the same allele for that gene as we do.
If you have a variable, incestual population, not all the descendants have the same alleles, or versions of a gene.
Our current understanding of natural selection is that it operates as a ratio, with the numerator reflecting the success of genes in projecting copies of themselves into the future and the denominator, the success of alternative alleles.
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