Hyphenation of allele

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word allele? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

al-lele

Definitions of allele:

1.	(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

Synonyms of allele:

noun	allelomorph, gene, cistron, factor

Last hyphenations of this language

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