形けい質しつ

noun

trait; character

Biology term for a phenotypic trait or hereditary character. Used in genetics and evolutionary biology.

• この植しょく物ぶつの形けい質しつは遺い伝でんする。

  This plant's traits are inherited.

• 形けい質しつの違ちがいが種しゅの多た様よう性せいを生うむ。

  Differences in traits give rise to species diversity.

noun

allele

Specific genetics term for an allele, one of the alternative forms of a gene. Less common than the broader 'trait' sense.

• 対たい立りつ形けい質しつは同おなじ遺い伝でん子し座ざにある。

  Alleles are located at the same genetic locus.