(genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character;
"some alleles are dominant over others"
例句
The research finds out they have six marriage types: monogamy,allelomorph marriage,wife sister marriage,marriage in families,marriage among non-rank generation,turn house system,more-than-one-wife housemaster. 通过调查发现,独龙族婚姻形态具有6种:一夫一妻制、对偶婚、妻姊妹婚、家族内婚、非等辈婚、转房制以及家长多妻,并且6种形态并存,以妻姊妹婚为主。
