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The term for alternative forms of a gene is known as ___________.


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Allele:

  1. A pair of genes that are present on a chromosome at a specific location and control the same trait.
  2. Humans are diploid organisms due to the presence of two alleles at each gene locus.
  3. It is one of the various versions of DNA sequence.
  4. All the alleles that are present in an organism form its genotype.

Final answer: The term for alternative forms of a gene is known as allele or alleles.


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