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Allele vs Codon - What's the difference?

allele | codon |

As nouns the difference between allele and codon

is that allele is allele while codon is codon.

allele

English

(wikipedia allele)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (genetics) One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position on a chromosome.
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    Synonyms

    * allelomorph

    Related terms

    * allelomorph * biallelic * diallelic * monoallelic * multiple allelism * nonallelic

    Derived terms

    * allele frequency

    codon

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia codon)
  • (biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis, or translation. Three special codons, called "stop codons," signal protein synthesis to terminate.

    • Hyponyms

    * anticodon * stop codon * start codon

    Meronyms

    * nucleotide

    Anagrams

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