allel

== English == === Noun === allel (plural allels) 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 === === Adjective === allel (strong nominative masculine singular alleler, not comparable) allelic allelomorphic ==== Declension ==== == 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) (genetics) allelic, allelomorphic === Noun === allel n (definite singular allelet, indefinite plural allel, definite plural allela) (genetics) allele === References === “allel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French allèle, from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων (allḗlōn). First attested in 1936. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈal.lɛl/ Rhymes: -allɛl Syllabification: al‧lel === Noun === allel m inan (biology) allele Synonym: allelomorf ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== === References === === Further reading === allel in Polish dictionaries at PWN