"allelomorph" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: allelomorphs [plural]
Etymology: From allelo- (“other”) + -morph (“shape”), from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”). Coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery". Etymology templates: {{affix|en|allelo-|-morph|t1=other|t2=shape}} allelo- (“other”) + -morph (“shape”), {{der|en|grc|ἄλλος|t=other}} Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”), {{coin|en|William Bateson|nat=English|occ=biologists}} Coined by English biologists William Bateson, {{coin|en|Edith Rebecca Saunders|in=1902|notext=1}} Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902 Head templates: {{en-noun}} allelomorph (plural allelomorphs)
  1. (genetics, obsolete) Synonym of allele Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Genetics Synonyms: allele [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: allelomorphic, allelomorphism

Inflected forms

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