Alleles

What alleles are and how they are inherited?
How alleles are inherited? One allele for every gene in an organism is inherited from each of that organism's parents. In some cases, both parents pro...
How does crossing over mix up alleles from your paternal and maternal chromosomes?
What does crossing over mix up? Crossing over is when the two gene copies get mixed up to form new, different copies. Which event in meiosis accounts ...
An inheritance pattern in which a gene has more than two alleles?
What is it called when a gene has more than two alleles? Alleles are the pairs of genes occupying a specific spot called locus on a chromosome. Typica...
What is formed from two inherited alleles?
What happens when two alleles come together? An allele is one of two or more versions of a gene. An individual inherits two alleles for each gene, one...
What are alleles and how are they inherited from parent cells?
How are alleles inherited from parents? One allele for every gene in an organism is inherited from each of that organism's parents. In some cases, bot...
How do alleles interact in intermediate inheritance?
How do alleles affect inheritance? An allele is an alternative form of a gene (one member of a pair) that is located at a specific position on a speci...