Allele

The word "allele" is a short form of allelomorph ("other form", a word coined by British geneticists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders), which was used in the early days of genetics to describe variant forms of a gene detected as different phenotypes. It derives from the Greek prefix ἀλληλο-, allelo-, meaning "mutual", "reciprocal", or "each other", which itself is related to the Greek adjective ἄλλος, allos (cognate with Latin alius), meaning "other".

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It's never too late...

by George Eliot and others in Figures of Speech

Genetically speaking, the bother and sister pair isn't as closely coupled as two sisters. The bond between sisters may indicate a similarity of sorts (an Aesthetics claim).

For What Reason?

by Pythagoras and others in Figures of Speech

Cheekiness aside, the reason for reason is self-evident and fractal in nature. Where thoughts converge, Reason is present. Gifts of repeatability and the awareness to know better (from worse). If no one is around to tell the story, reason falls silent. So let your words burn, not your planet.

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