allelomorph

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allelomorph

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From allelo- (“other”) + -morph (“shape”), from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων (allḗlōn, “one another, each other, mutually, reciprocally”) from 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".

noun allelomorphs

obsolete Synonym of allele. In such cases each member acts as the allelomorph of any other member, and only two can occur in any one female, and only one in any male.
Similar: allele

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@misc{allelomorph_2026,
  title = {allelomorph},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/allelomorph},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}