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Is an allele is a version of a gene.

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Yes, an allele is a version of a gene.

Step-by-step explanation:

A gene is a heritable factor that controls a specific characteristic and an allele is an alternate version of such a gene.

For ex. gene: eye color; alleles: brown versus blue

Different allele combinations create a greater chance for genes to be inherited separately, which causes phenotypes to have greater variability.

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