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Discussion in 'Midwifery Glossary & Definition Of Terms' started by Josie, Mar 1, 2011.

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    Different forms of a gene for any specific locus. For example the gene locus for brown or blue eye colouring has two alleles: Brown (B) or Blue (b); while the gene locus for ABO blood grouping has three alleles: A, B and O. Every individual has two alleles for each gene locus.
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