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If egg and sperm fusion had occurred, the offspring would have two alleles. — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, "Without the help of any male, this female lizard became pregnant alone and gave birth," 7 June 2019 Six of these pairs contained two alleles, or gene variants, carried by the water dragon. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "The National Zoo’s Female Asian Water Dragon Successfully Reproduced Without a Male," 6 June 2019 The same person’s genome may include some gene variants, or alleles, associated with increasing height and others associated with decreasing it. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "The modern pygmies of Flores are not related to Homo floresiensis," 2 Aug. 2018 Short Peruvians have a version, or allele, of a gene called FBN1 that differs by one base from the gene's usual DNA sequence. — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, "Study of short Peruvians reveals new gene with a major impact on height," 16 May 2018 The new allele accounts for another 1% all by itself, the researchers estimate. — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, "Study of short Peruvians reveals new gene with a major impact on height," 16 May 2018 Some of these ancient alleles were beneficial, such as one that boosted immune responses. — Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS, "Modern humans lost DNA when they left Africa—but mating with Neandertals brought some back," 23 Oct. 2017 These APOE genes — everyone has two of them — come in four slightly different variants called alleles. — Paul Sisson, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Do parents' Alzheimer's disease doom their children?," 14 July 2017 Michael Usry Jr.: There are 34 out of 35 alleles that match. … — CBS News, "The DNA of a Killer," 12 July 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'allele.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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