Human Anatomy & Physiology (9th Edition)

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Chapter 29 - Heredity - Review Questions - Page 1106: 1(4)

Answer

(a) alleles

Work Step by Step

Alleles are the different gene variations for a particular trait. For example, the gene that codes for hair color is located on the same place on the same chromosome in all humans, but we all have different colored hair. This is because the alleles are different. So there is an allele for red hair and one for black hair and one for brown hair and so on.
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