Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

allel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: al-lel
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic form of allele.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

allels (plural)

Questions

What does allel mean?: Archaic form of allele.

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