different between allele vs genome

allele

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Allel, shortened from Allelomorph, from English allelomorph. Ultimately from the Ancient Greek prefix ?????- (all?l-) from ????? (állos, other).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æ.li?.l/
  • (US) IPA(key): /??.li?.l/
  • Rhymes: -i?l

Noun

allele (plural alleles)

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

Synonyms

  • allelomorph

Derived terms

  • allele frequency
  • allelic
  • allodeterminant
  • suballele

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Translations


German

Pronunciation

Adjective

allele

  1. inflection of allel:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Noun

allele m (plural alleli)

  1. (genetics) allele

allele From the web:

  • what alleles
  • what allele is dominant
  • what allele is recessive
  • what alleles are always expressed
  • what alleles determine blood type
  • what alleles is homozygous recessive
  • what allele takes over in the phenotype
  • what alleles make hazel eyes


genome

English

Etymology

From German Genom; gene +? -ome

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?d?i?.n??m/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?d?i?.no?m/, /d???no?m/

Noun

genome (plural genomes)

  1. (genetics) The complete genetic information (either DNA or, in some viruses, RNA) of an organism.

Derived terms

Translations

genome From the web:

  • what genome means
  • what genome does sars-cov-2 have
  • what genome is covid 19
  • what genomes have been sequenced
  • what genome sequencing
  • what genome mutation
  • what is a genome and what does it do
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