#alleles

• Alleles — 1. The plural form of the feminine noun alelă; the totality of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a specific chromosomal locus. 2. A regional, shortened, or familiar variant for the feminine plural demonstrative pronoun of distance 'acelea' (or 'acele'), used colloquially to indicate objects or persons located at a distance.
• The alleles — The definite articulate plural form of the feminine noun alelă; it specifically and directly defines the alternative variants of the same gene occupying a homologous chromosomal locus, viewed as clearly defined objects of study within a diploid organism or a biological population.