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Multiple alleles is a type of heredity in which one gene has more than two alleles. For example, in humans the gene for blood group has three alleles, A, B, and O. Even though there are three alleles in the population, a person can only inherit two alleles, one from his/her mother and one from his/her father.

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What does most genes come in alternate forms called?

allels.


Is a dominant or recessive variant of a particular gene?

allels


What are hereditary units or genres that give rise to contrasting Mendelian characters?

allels


What type of allele dominance occurs when both allels are active and exspressed?

codominance


What is the maximum number of different alleles?

46 i think is the number of allels in a human body

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Do multiple allels assort independently?

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What type of inherited is blood type?

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What type inheritance is blood type?

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What type of inheritance is blood typing?

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How inheritance by multiple alleles and polygenic inheritance are similar?

I think that , they r both controlled by more then 2 allels.


For a gene that has multiple alleles more than 2 what is the maximum number of different allels a normal individual can have?

2. Even though there are multiple alleles for the same characteristic in the general population, an individual can only have two.


What creates new allels?

mutation


How is the inheritence controlled in an organism?

With allels.


What type of allels does a hybrid have?

unlike alleles


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