Life Science Standard Dictionary. A: Allele. Standard: S7L3a. Explain the role of genes and chromosomes in the process of inheriting a specific trait. An allele is a line on a chromosome that holds traits and contains Genes and DNA. A: Abiotic. Standard: S7L4d.
Update April 5, 2014: At the April 2014 General Conference, the Church announced that there were 83,035 full-time missionaries serving as of December 31, 2013.
The official statement came as the LDS Church copes with a surge of more than 16,000 young women and men added to its missionary ranks in just a year since the October 2012 announcement lowering the missionary age to 18 for men and 19 for women.