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Allele Definitions:

  1. An alternate form of a gene is termed an allele.

    Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton



  2. A gene that occupies the same location as other alternative (allelic) genes on paired chromosomes.

    Foundations in Microbiology by Kathleen Park Talaro, Arthur Talaro



Allele Notes:

Alleles are the variant or alternate forms of a gene. Mostly genes consist of two alleles. One of the two alleles is recessive while the other one is dominant. However, different genes may have more than two alleles. In a heterozygous organism, two alleles are present, one is dominant other is recessive and only the dominant one is expressed to give a phenotype.

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