allelismn.
/əˈliːlɪz(ə)m/, /ˈaliːlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /əˈlilɪz(ə)m/ Genetics.
The existence of allelic forms of a gene; the state of having or occurring as two or more alleles.
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1923 W. Johannsen in Hereditas 4 139 This often so-called ‘polymerism’..must not be confused with multiple allelism.
1975 J. H. Burnett Mycogenetics v. 99 Complementation between mutants, therefore, at the intralocus level, only provides information concerning their functional activities within the locus, not on their allelism.
2002 Jrnl. Heredity 93 xviii. 423/1 Tests of allelism and linkage were done in accordance with the protocols established by Coe (1994).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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