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What is the difference between a gene and allele??

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an allele is a varient form of an gene some genes have a variety of different forms which are located at the same position or genetic locus on a chromosome.
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An allele is a form of a gene itself.

Genes have a variety of different forms and an allele is one of them. Humans have two alleles, one that is inherited from their parents.
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