Single Functional Allele

Some articles on alleles, allele:

Dominance (genetics) - Molecular Mechanisms
... In this process, different alleles at a locus may or may not be transcribed, and if transcribed may be translated to slightly different forms of the ... In any diploid organism, the DNA sequences of the two alleles present at any gene locus may be identical (homozygous) or different (heterozygous) ... of the DNA sequence, the proteins made by each allele may be identical ...

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