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patriot [66]
3 years ago
5

The different forms of a gene are called __________.

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svp [43]3 years ago
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An ALLELE is a variant form of a gene. Some genes have a variety of different forms, which are located at the same position, or genetic locus, on a chromosome. Humans are called diploid organisms because they have two alleles at each genetic locus, with one allele inherited from each parent.
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