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| Rare stable, and inherited changes in the genetic material. Alleles can mutate to become a different allele. |
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| The one allele that is present in most individuals in nature ("the wild") and gives rise to an expected trait or phenotype. |
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| (Greek poly, "many"; morph "form"). A genetic locus with a wild type allele that is present less then 99 percent of the time is said to be polymorphic. |
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| Occurs when heterozygotes show a phenotype that is intermediate between those of the two homozygotes. |
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| Occurs when two alleles at a locus produce two different phenotypes that both appear in heterozygotes. Ex: ABO blood type |
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