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What is allel?

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An allele is the different forms of a gene.

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An allele is a variant form of a gene that can produce different phenotypic effects. Alleles are found at the same position on homologous chromosomes and can be dominant or recessive. Individuals inherit two alleles for each gene, one from each parent.

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Definition: An allele is an alternative form of a gene (one member of a pair) that is located at a specific position on a specific chromosome

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An allele is one member of a pair or series of different forms of a gene. They differ mainly in there peptide chain sequences.

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An allele is a part of a gene. It codes for the recessive and dominant phenotype traits in any living organism.

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In genetics, allelicity is the degree to wihch the behaviour of a transcription factor is allele-specific.

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