English Dictionary

allele

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈæ.liː.l/

名詞

(genetics) One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.

日本語の意味

対立遺伝子：同じ遺伝子座（位置）に存在する、同一種類の遺伝子の異なる形（バリエーション）を指す。

Researchers found a rare allele that confers resistance to the disease in several families.

研究者たちは、複数の家族で病気に対する抵抗性をもたらす稀な対立遺伝子を発見した。

意味（1）

(genetics) One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.

Genes are competing directly with their alleles for survival, since their alleles in the gene pool are rivals for their slot on the chromosomes of future generations. Any gene that behaves in such a way as to increase its own survival chances in the gene pool at the expense of its alleles will, by definition, tautologously, tend to survive.

alleles （ plural ）