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What is the difference between Genes and Alleles?

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Gene- Section of DNA which encodes a protein. One, or more often, many genes are involved in determining physical characters( phenotype).

Allele- version of a gene.
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Genes is found in the DNA. It decides a specific characteristic. Genes can transform and take two or more option structures and these structures are called Alleles. Presently allele happens in an altered spot in a chromosome and in people we have two arrangements of chromosomes.

There are 46 chromosomes in the human. 23 from the dad, 23 from the mother = 46 chromosomes.

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