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allele. one of two or more alternative forms of a gene at the same site or locus in each of a pair of chromosomes, which determine alternative characters in inheritance. Called also allelomorph. blank allele. an allele which produces an antigen which cannot be detected. null allele. see silent allele (below).
5. Multiple alleles is the phenomenon in which the same gene has more than two different alleles (in normal Mendelian inheritance, the gene pnly has two alleles). Obviously, these alleles combine in pairs to form genotypes. In multiple alleles, relative dominance among the alleles may exist. A typical example of multiple alleles is the inheritance of the ABO blood group system, in which there are three alleles (A, B or O, or IA, IB and i). IA is dominant over i, which is recessive in relation to the other IB allele.