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Give the meaning of the term 'Allele'.

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Allele or Allelomorphs. Alternative forms of a gene located at the same locus on the homologous chromosome and affecting the same characteristic but in different ways are called as alleles or Alleiomorphs. Or Genes coding for a pair of contrasting traits.
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