Where does “対立遺伝子” come from?

対立遺伝子 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 遺伝子 — gene.

対立遺伝子 (Japanese): an allele

Definitions

  1. an allele

Ancestry of “対立遺伝子”, step by step

対立遺伝子 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 遺伝子

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese遺伝子gene

via Japanese 対立

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese対立opposition
Every word from Japanese 遺伝子
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