allelomorph

allelomorph noun: synonym of allele.

Noun

allelomorph (plural 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.1916, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Sex-linked inheritance in Drosophila, page 11
Synonyms:

allele

allelomorph meaning in Tamil and Kannada

allelomorph in Tamil

அலீல், எதிருரு, அல்லலோமார்ஃபு, ஜோடிகள், மாற்று வடிவு

Synonyms of allelomorph

allele

Forms of allelomorph

plural	allelomorphs

Origin of allelomorph

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".

Words formed from allelomorph

Questions about allelomorph

What does allelomorph mean?: Allelomorph means synonym of allele.
What is allelomorph in Tamil?: Allelomorph in Tamil is அலீல், எதிருரு, அல்லலோமார்ஃபு. See Allelomorph meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is allelomorph?: Allelomorph is a noun.
What is the plural of allelomorph?: The plural of allelomorph is allelomorphs.

Words near allelomorph in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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