Re: [jbovlaste] SNP, RFLP, allele

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Monday, January 21, 2013 13:20:22 Austin Thomas wrote:
> You also keep using allele improperly.  An SNP is not an allele, it might
> possibly define an allele but allele does not refer specifically to single
> base pairs, at least not in any context that I am aware of.  An allele can
> be non-coding though like is usually the case with VNTRs in which diffirent
> repeats are reffered to as different alleles.  When talking about a coding
> sequence Allele refers to the entire protein encoding sequence.  Allele is
> often used to refer to multiple protein encoding genes that all effect one
> phenotype although I am not sure that all molecular geneticists would agree
> with that usage but traditionally it was accepted.

I thought I saw someone at 23andMe talking about alleles of a SNP, but 
checking a few reports I see they talk about versions of a SNP. I don't see 
why we couldn't use the same Lojban word for "allele (of a gene)" and "version 
(of a SNP)". (Version of a program is something different: velfarvi.)

> Personally I think ginpanra could work but note that these are homologues
> not identical strands, alleles are different sequences.

I'd say that one allele of a gene cu ginpanra another allele of the same gene. 
How would you say the relation between an allele and a gene?

Pierre
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