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Gene and Allele, Locked Terms

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A gene is a DNA segment at a fixed location coding for a protein; an allele is one version of its sequence, and this course fixes both terms accordingly.

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Blood type is set by one gene with three alleles — A, B, and O.

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A gene names the location; an allele names one sequence found there.