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Allele/variant — OCR GCSE Biology A Definition | GradeGen

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Allele/variant

GCSE Biology · key term

Allele/variant

Definition

A version of a gene. Different alleles are genetic variants of that gene.

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OCR GCSE Biology A · J247

Specification B5.1a · Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 4 (Higher)

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