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A gene helps determine how the pigment melanin is distributed on human skin.
Having freckles or not having freckles are traits determined in part by this gene.
Write an explanation for why some people have one trait and other people have
the other. Be sure to use the terms allele and chromosome in your answer.

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Genes have different versions, called alleles. Alleles are one reason some people have freckles and others do not. A person who has freckles inherited alleles that produce freckles. A person with no freckles inherited different alleles that don't produce freckles.

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