Usually means: Different forms of a gene.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. alleles: Merriam-Webster
  2. alleles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Alleles, alleles: Wordnik
  4. alleles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. alleles: Wiktionary
  6. alleles: Dictionary.com
  7. Alleles: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Alleles: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Alleles: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. alleles: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. Alleles: GLOSSARY of BLOOD RELATED TERMS
  6. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)
  7. Alleles: Medical dictionary

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  3. Alleles: Biology dictionary
  4. AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (No longer online)

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  1. alleles: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See allele as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (allele)

noun:  (genetics) One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.
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