Dr. snider, a geneticist, is looking for a slight variation of a particular gene that would cause a certain abnormality. he is looking for an:

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Marcelo Wood

4 February, 06:56

Dr. snider, a geneticist, is looking for a slight variation of a particular gene that would cause a certain abnormality. he is looking for an:

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Matias Benjamin · Answer 1

I believe he is looking for an allele

An allele is a variant form of a gene. Some genes have a variety of different forms, which are located at the same position, or genetic locus, on a chromosomes. Humans are called diploid organisms because they have two alleles at each genetic locus, with one allele inherited from each parent.