Definition of ALLELOMORPH

allelomorph

Meanings

Plural: allelomorphs

Noun

  • (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character
  • Synonym of allele.

Origin / Etymology

From allelo- (“other”) + -morph (“shape”), from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”). Coined by English biologists William Bateson and by Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery".

Synonyms

allele

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