- Alelle
- One of the alternative versions of a gene at a given location
(locus) along a chromosome
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Definition from: GeneReviews
from the University of Washington and the National Center for
Biotechnology Information
- An allele is one of two or more versions of a gene. An individual
inherits two alleles for each gene, one from each parent. If the two
alleles are the same, the individual is homozygous for that gene. If the
alleles are different, the individual is heterozygous. Though the term
"allele" was originally used to describe variation among genes, it now
also refers to variation among non-coding DNA sequences.
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Definition from: Talking
Glossary of Genetic Terms
from the National Human Genome Research Institute
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