allelic
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Of or relating to alleles: Describes something that pertains to or involves alleles, which are alternative forms of a gene found at the same location on a chromosome.
Usage
- The term "allelic" is used in genetics to describe the relationship or properties concerning alleles. It is an academic term most commonly found in scientific writing and discourse.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The researchers studied the allelic variation in the population. (This means they studied the differences in the gene forms present in that group.)
- An allelic series refers to multiple mutant alleles of the same gene. (This describes a set of different versions of a specific gene.)
Advanced Usage
- "Allelic frequency": The proportion of a specific allele among all allele copies for a particular gene in a population.
- The study aimed to calculate the allelic frequency of the trait in the region.
- "Allelic exclusion": A process in which only one allele of a gene is expressed in a cell, while the other is silenced.
- B cells use allelic exclusion to ensure each cell produces only one type of antibody.
Variants and Related Words
- Allele (noun): One of two or more alternative forms of a gene.
- The gene for flower color has a purple allele and a white allele.
- Allelism (noun): The state or condition of being alleles.
- The concept of allelism is fundamental to Mendelian genetics.
Synonyms
- None in common usage: "Allelic" is a precise scientific term. In general contexts, one might use a descriptive phrase like "pertaining to gene variants," but this is not a direct synonym.
Related Phrases
- "Allelic combination": The specific pair of alleles an organism possesses for a gene.
- The phenotype depends on the allelic combination (e.g., homozygous or heterozygous).
- "Allelic imbalance": A situation where the two alleles of a gene are not expressed at equal levels.
- Scientists detected allelic imbalance in the tumor tissue samples.
Adjective
- of or relating to alleles