Cause of hereditary variation
The crossword clue "Cause of hereditary variation" is answered by ALLELE, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ALLELE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALLELE answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ALLELE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALLELE, most used first.
- Gene variant - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Mutated gene - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Genetic variant - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- One of a gene pair - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Hereditary - LINEAL, used 30 times
- Hereditary ruler - DYNAST, used 30 times
- Hereditary - INNATE, used 24 times
- Hereditary - INBORN, used 15 times
- Burnout cause - STRESS, used 12 times
- Cause - LEADTO, used 12 times
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