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Allelomorph Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -morph

Allelomorph has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(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

"some alleles are dominant over others"

2

Synonym of allele

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
gene
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
dominant allele recessive allele
Rhyming Words
rph morph scarph amorph bimorph dimorph myomorph otomorph isomorph anamorph apomorph zoomorph unimorph trimorph biomorph symmorph ecomorph neomorph polymorph ectomorph
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