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Dictionary » M » Multiple alleles Multiple allelesDefinition noun Three or more alleles for a particular gene
Typically, there are only two alleles for a gene in a diploid organism. The presence of multiple alleles is best illustrated by the ABO blood group system and the HLA genes. ![]()
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Results from our forumGenetics behind hazel eyes?... at times) which confuses me a lot as to how she got that and what her alleles are (although I am sure she received 1 allele for blue eyes from ... B (brown eyes) and ? (Recessive)? There was this theory that appeared multiple times on the internet about the genetics behing hazel eyes, saying ...
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Additive Effects vs Epistatic Effects... two definitions. Heres what I know: Additive effects are when genes @ multiple loci can independently contribute to a phenotype. Epistatic - I'm ... question to the offspring. Does this mean that that the effects of the alleles at the SAME loci must ALSO be additive? Now what about in the case ...
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Re: Re:... word "mutation". I think it's due to usage of words that have multiple meanings, and the user switching back and forth. It should be understood ... was a dark morph. the gene(s) controlling colour had many different alleles within the population. Before the pollution, the dark forms were ...
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PZ Meyers struggles with High School Biology... of masked variation, synergistic interactions between different alleles and the environment, and perhaps most importantly, changes in gene ... solely the product of a single gene. Traits are polygenic, meaning that multiple genes cooperate to produce a a phenotype. One pet peeve I (and many ...
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Fur color of Himalayan rabbitsHi all, I have a multiple choice problem where I do not understand the official answer. The Himalayan variety ... face. The allele for the Himalayan rabbit pigment pattern, c^h, is recessive to the alleles for normal color (all hair agouti), C, as well as dark chinchilla (all hair dark ...
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