two allelic genes are located on
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An allele is an alternative form of a gene (in diploids, one member of a pair) that is located at a specific position on a specific chromosome. Diploid organisms, for example, humans, have paired homologous chromosomes in their somatic cells, and these contain two copies of each gene.
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Aɴ ᴀʟʟᴇʟᴇ ɪs ᴀɴ ᴀʟᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ғᴏʀᴍ ᴏғ ᴀɢᴇɴᴇ (ɪɴ ᴅɪᴘʟᴏɪᴅs, ᴏɴᴇ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴀ ᴘᴀɪʀ) ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ʟᴏᴄᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴀ sᴘᴇᴄɪғɪᴄ ᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏɴ ᴀ sᴘᴇᴄɪғɪᴄ ᴄʜʀᴏᴍᴏsᴏᴍᴇ. Dɪᴘʟᴏɪᴅ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪsᴍs, ғᴏʀ ᴇxᴀᴍᴘʟᴇ, ʜᴜᴍᴀɴs, ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴘᴀɪʀᴇᴅ ʜᴏᴍᴏʟᴏɢᴏᴜs ᴄʜʀᴏᴍᴏsᴏᴍᴇs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ sᴏᴍᴀᴛɪᴄ ᴄᴇʟʟs, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴄᴏᴘɪᴇs ᴏғ ᴇᴀᴄʜɢᴇɴᴇ.
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