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Alleles/ What are they?
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An allele is defined as an alternative form of a single gene. For example, we all have genes that dictate our eye color, but we all have different alleles for those eye colors. There's an allele for blue eyes, brown eyes, green eyes... Another example is the CF gene. We are always asking which gene everyone has, but really we are asking which alleles everyone has. I hope this makes sense and hasn't confused you even more.
An allele is defined as an alternative form of a single gene. For example, we all have genes that dictate our eye color, but we all have different alleles for those eye colors. There's an allele for blue eyes, brown eyes, green eyes... Another example is the CF gene. We are always asking which gene everyone has, but really we are asking which alleles everyone has. I hope this makes sense and hasn't confused you even more.
An allele is defined as an alternative form of a single gene. For example, we all have genes that dictate our eye color, but we all have different alleles for those eye colors. There's an allele for blue eyes, brown eyes, green eyes... Another example is the CF gene. We are always asking which gene everyone has, but really we are asking which alleles everyone has. I hope this makes sense and hasn't confused you even more.