How are alleles and genes related?

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Meave60
Dec 12, 2014

An allele is a form of a gene. For example, in humans, the ABO gene for the ABO blood group is located on chromosome 9, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABO_blood_group_system) and has three alleles (forms), A, B, and O. A person can inherit only two alleles for the ABO blood group, one from each parent. The two alleles that a person inherits determines that persons ABO blood group.

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