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love history [14]
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What are alleles?

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Ronch [10]2 years ago
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Answer:

An allele is one of a pair of genes that appear at a particular location on a particular chromosome and control the same characteristic, such as blood type or color blindness. Alleles are also called allelomorphs.

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