1 gene-a section of DNA that encodes the structure of a protein. 2  Every three letters of the DNA code stands for an. 3  mRNA codon, which--in turn--stands for one amino acid. 4  genome-the full complement of all the genes an organism has.
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1 DNA-the biological macromolecule that encodes genetic information. 2  gene-a section of DNA that encodes the structure of a protein. 3  Every three letters of the DNA code stands for an. 4  mRNA codon, which--in turn--stands for one amino acid. 5  genome-the full complement of all the genes an organism has.
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Now since we have two sister chromosome, we can only have (share) two alleles of a given gene (one from mother and one from father) unless there are multiple copies of a gene or chromosome, which is mostly observed in disease conditions but that's not what we are talking about.
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This overall means that you can inherit a maximum of two alleles of a given gene (assuming again the parents of the child are not closely related) and even then the sequence of the offspring genes are not likely to be exactly the same as their parents, which makes every human unique.
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1 allele per parent per gene ................. that is wrong you inherit 23 alleles from each parent in total of 46 alleles. no sorry that's chromosomes. its true the second person was talking about chromosomes the first one is correct.
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I found this helpful and interesting: during miosis you get gene cross-over meaning bits of the maternal or paternal chromosomes swap, which makes the offspring unique and not just half versions of its parent – ktamlyn May 12 '14 at 13:14.
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1 mutation-any change in a gene. 2  somatic mutation-change of DNA in a somatic (body) cell. 3  germline mutation-change of DNA in a cell that will become sperm or egg. 4  allele-one of several different versions of a gene, each coding for a different protein (which sometimes means a different phenotype).
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Allele is defined, in simple terms, variation of a given gene, e.g. through deletions, SNPs etc. Humans are diploid organisms, meaning we have two sets of chromosomes, one from mother and one from father.
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1 (Let's have a look at some examples 2  .). homozygous-organism has two copies of the same allele for a particular gene (XX or xx). 3  heterozygous-organism has two different alleles for a particular gene (Xx).
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Every one has two alleles for any genetic trait. In reproduction cells, such as eggs and sperm, there is only one allele for any trait. When the sperm and egg combine, y … ou get two alleles. Essentially, it's to allow for genetic mingling and evolution.
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how many alleles for a particular gene does an organism inherit from each parent?
An organism inherits two alleles for a particular gene  from each parent. An organism inherit two alleles from each parent. An organism inherits two alleles for a particular gene from each parent. An organism of a particular gene inherits two alleles from each parent.