wild-type allele
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allele
noun[C]
uk/əˈliːl/us/əˈliːl/
a gene that is found in one of two or more different forms in the same position in a chromosome, and so produces a particular characteristic that can be different for different people, such as ...
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It describes the dynamics of awild-typealleleand its variants, derived by mutation, for an infinitely large population.
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Thus, the masking effect of awild-typealleledoes not appear to be very strong when weakly deleterious mutations are considered.
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Both in haploids and in homozygous mutant strains the masking effect of awild-typealleleis absent.
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Heteroduplexes were detected only for the four control subjects who were heterozygous for the codon 74 polymorphism, indicating that all but these four subjects are homozygous for thewild-typeallele.
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As a control, the region subjected to mutation screening was sequenced for 18 of the control subjects, and all were found to be identical to subject 4041'swild-typeallele.
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That is, the presence of a singlewild-typealleleis sufficient to permit the full production and normal distribution of the black melanin pigment.
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That is, the presence of a singlewild-typealleleis sufficient to permit the production of the normal number of melanin granules.
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People homozygous for the mutation have the sickle-cell disease, while those without the mutation (homozygous for thewild-typeallele) do not have the disease.
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A heterozygote (heterozygous individual) has at least half of the normal enzyme activity level, due to expression by thewild-typeallele.
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In this case, each strain's genome supplies thewild-typealleleto complement the mutated allele of the other strain's genome.
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All expression patterns reflect thewild-typeallelefor the gene.
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However, this does not imply that thewild-typealleleis the ancestor from which the mutants are descended.
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We cloned the mutant and wild-type alleles from subject 4041 using standard methods.
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However, it is not known how alleles bearing this mismatch amplify when competing with wild-type alleles, as may occur in heterozygous oocysts.
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Gene traps and their wild-type alleles are then further characterised.
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There are two wild-type alleles of this genea high-expressivity allele and a low-expressivity allele.
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