The Emergence Machine

Allele

physical · Biology · Level 8 · E4

E4Complex Molecules

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

allele emerges from gene. It requires life.

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Wiktionary senses

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Historical origin

Origin word
allele
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0AlleleGeneDnaAnimal… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesCodominantL9HeterozygousL9AlleleL8LifeL2GeneL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Life L2 (requires)
    Alleles are heritable units of variation that exist only in living organisms that reproduce and pass genetic information to offspring.
  • Gene L7 (builds on)
    An allele is a specific variant form of a gene, representing different versions of the same genetic instruction at a particular location on a chromosome.

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