Definitions for allele

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allele al·lele

Spelling: [uh-leel]

IPA: /əˈlil/

Allele is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in allele (aeelll).

Definitions for allele

noun

1. any of several forms of a gene, usually arising through mutation, that are responsible for hereditary variation.

Origin of allele

1930-35; German Allel, apparently as shortening of German equivalents of allelomorph or allelomorphic gene; allelo- Greek allēlo-, combining form of allḗlōn of