Difference between Allele and Allelomorph

What is the difference between Allele and Allelomorph?

Allele as a noun is one of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position on a chromosome. while Allelomorph as a noun is one of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position on a chromosome

Allele

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position on a chromosome.

Allelomorph

Part of speech: noun

Definition: one of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position on a chromosome

We hope you now know whether to use Allele or Allelomorph in your sentence.

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