- Allelomorphic
- Allelomorph Al*le"lo*morph, n. [Gr. ? of one another + Gr.
morfh` form.] (Biol.)
One of the pure unit characters commonly existing singly or
in pairs in the germ cells of Mendelian hybrids, and
exhibited in varying proportion among the organisms
themselves; same as {allele}, 2. Allelomorphs which under
certain circumstances are themselves compound are called
{hypallelomorphs}. See {Mendel's law}. --
{Al*le`lo*mor"phic}, a.
[1913 Webster]
As we know that the several unit characters are of such a nature that any one of them is capable of independently displacing or being displaced by one or more alternative characters taken singly, we may recognize this fact by naming such characters allelomorphs. --Bateson. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.