what is the meaning of allele
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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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Each of two or more alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.
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• Variant of gene. Different allele can lead to different phenotypes.
• Diploids have two copies of each gene.
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Examples :-
- dominant purple allele
- the recessive white allele
- dominant tall allele
- recessive short allele
- dominant yellow allele
- recessive green allele.
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Three types of allele :-
The possible human phenotypes for blood group are type A, type B, type AB, and type O.
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Allele Frequency :-
P = 11/16 = 0.6875
( i.e 2 × Homozygotes + Homozygotes )
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