Question

What is an allele and how is it different from a trait?

Answer 1

Allele are different forms of genes.

Trait is the content or characteristics of a genes.

Explanation:

A gene can be in different form, giving form of allele.

While trait is the combination of allele (genes) that gives rise to the characters being seen.

So in essence, genes have many forms called the allele while a trait is the character being displayed by the combination of the alleles (genes).