Definition of Allelic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to alleles.

Exact synonyms: Allelomorphic
Partainyms: Allele, Allelomorph
Derivative terms: Allele

Definition of Allelic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to alleles ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to alleles of the same gene ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Allelic

1. allele [adj] - See also: allele

Medical Definition of Allelic

1. Relating to an allele. Synonym: allelomorphic. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Allelic

allegorizers
allegorizes
allegorizing
allegory
allegretto
allegrettos
allegrissimo
allegro
allegro con spirito
allegro ma non troppo
allegro non troppo
allegros
allel
allele
alleles
allelic (current term)
allelic exclusion
allelic gene
allelically
allelism
allelisms
allelocatalysis
allelocatalytic
allelochemical
allelochemicals
allelomorph
allelomorphic
allelomorphism
allelomorphisms
allelomorphs

Literary usage of Allelic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Selected Proceedings of the Sheffield Symposium on Applied Probability by Ishwar V. Basawa, Robert L Taylor (1991)
"The ingredient they added was the specification of the allelic type of ... Specifically, the probability that the ith gene is of a particular allelic type ..."

2. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"Although the data are not conclusive, they suggest that some of the identified QTLs may be allelic to known major genes affecting plant height. ..."

3. Application of Pcr Technology to Plant Breeding by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"... technique relies on the specific failure of PCR to amplify, with primers that do not perfectly match the DNA sequence of one of the allelic variants. ..."

4. Statistical Inference from Genetic Data on Pedigrees by Elizabeth Alison Thompson (2000)
"The probability any distinct gene, fc, is of allelic type a(k) is the ... Further two genes constrain each other's allelic type only when both are present ..."

5. Cord Blood: Establishing a National Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank Program by Emily Ann Meyer, Kristine M. Gebbie, Kathi E. Hanna (2005)
"For example, the serologie type HLA-A2 is found on over 60 different allelic products. Today, many cells carrying newly described ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"These considerations are consistent with the existence of allelic ... The argument presented above thus demands allelic exclusion at the level of the ..."

7. Statistics in Molecular Biology and Genetics: Selected Proceedings of a 1997 by Françoise Seillier-Moiseiwitsch (1999)
"Different allelic types are denoted by upper-case letters, often with suffixes, such as AI, Z?2, and so on. It is a convention to use the same letter, ..."

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