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Allele frequency, or gene frequency, is the proportion of a particular allele (variant of a gene) among all allele copies being considered. It can be formally defined as the percentage of all alleles at a given locus in a population gene pool represented by a particular allele.

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What is meant by a heterozygous genotype?

It means the individual has two different alleles for a trait, for example; Aa, Tt, Bb, etc.


Two different forms of the same gene are called?

Alleles


What are contrasting forms of genes called?

Alleles


What type of alleles mask recessive alleles?

Dominant alleles :-)


What term describes a pair of alleles that are the same?

Alleles that are the same = homozygous Alleles that are different = heterozygous


A trait controlled by four alleles is said to have?

A trait controlled by four alleles is said to have multiple alleles.


The different forms of a trait that a gene may have are called?

Alleles


Explain what is meant by homo zygote and heterozygous?

A homozygote is an individual with two identical alleles (e.g., AA or aa) at a particular gene locus, while a heterozygote has two different alleles (e.g., Aa). The term refers to the genetic makeup of an organism and its effect on its phenotype.


Circle the letter of each sentence that is true about alleles. a. Recessive alleles are never present when dominant alleles are present. b. Alleles are different forms of a gene. . c. Dominant alleles?

The true statements about alleles are: b. Alleles are different forms of a gene. Recessive alleles can be present alongside dominant alleles; they are simply masked by the dominant ones. The statement about dominant alleles is incomplete, so it cannot be evaluated as true or false.


What are the multiple forms of genes called?

Alleles are genes that exist in multiple forms.


What type of alleles does a plant have?

unlike alleles


Does sexual reproduction create new alleles or new combinations of alleles?

new combinations of alleles