what are Alleles ?
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alternative forms of a gene is/are known as allele. There
may be either only one alternative form or more than
one...but at a time there are maximum upto 2 alternative
forms can be present in an individual at homologus loci
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Answer / rakesh
Alleles are the two traits for a single character.Alleles
are two similar genes in a genepair.
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Answer / pujan
alleles are corresponding pairs of genes located at
specific positions in the chromosomes
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