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What's an example of multiple alleles?

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Multiple alleles refers to an inheritance pattern where a series of 3 or more alternative forms of a gene are possible, however in a normal diploid individual only 2 can exist (one from the father and one from the mother). An excellent example of this is blood type. Multiple alleles gives us the possibility of 6 different blood types.
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