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- noun Plural form of
allele .
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Humans contain two copies of each gene, one from the father and one from the mother, which sometimes are referred to as the alleles of a gene.
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Humans contain two copies of each gene, one from the father and one from the mother, which sometimes are referred to as the alleles of a gene.
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Humans contain two copies of each gene, one from the father and one from the mother, which sometimes are referred to as the alleles of a gene.
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Humans contain two copies of each gene, one from the father and one from the mother, which sometimes are referred to as the alleles of a gene.
FOXNews.com 2011
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Humans contain two copies of each gene, one from the father and one from the mother, which sometimes are referred to as the alleles of a gene.
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Humans contain two copies of each gene, one from the father and one from the mother, which sometimes are referred to as the alleles of a gene.
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Humans contain two copies of each gene, one from the father and one from the mother, which sometimes are referred to as the alleles of a gene.
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In the world of genes, the occasional flaws in replication (mutations) see to it that the gene pool contains alternative variants of any given gene - 'alleles' - which may therefore be seen as competing with each other.
The God Delusion Dawkins, Richard, 1941- 2006
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Breeding experiments in Norway with brown trout found that the genetic basis for large spots or very small spots, comparable in size to the spots of Snake River finespotted cutthroat trout, is due to different forms of a gene called alleles at a single gene locus.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Breeding experiments in Norway with brown trout found that the genetic basis for large spots or very small spots, comparable in size to the spots of Snake River finespotted cutthroat trout, is due to different forms of a gene called alleles at a single gene locus.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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