2006-09-22 06:28:00 · 5 answers · asked by Justin C 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
diveristy and leads to recombination during crossing over.
2006-09-22 06:49:20 · answer #1 · answered by Natasha B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what exactly are u trying to ask?
alleles and genes mean the same.
"allele" was the term used by Mendel
gene is the term used by modern day scientists
a gene is nothing but a part of a DNA. or a segment of a DNA,DNA consists of nucleotides which are the individual units of the same i mean DNA.nucleotides consists of base sugar and phospate.
2006-09-22 13:37:54 · answer #2 · answered by sabi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty sure they're talking about splice varients. One gene can produce several different proteins based on the way the exons are spliced.
I could be way wrong though.
2006-09-22 14:05:27 · answer #3 · answered by Franklin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are talking about the GENE POOL
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hmg.glossary.3037
as in, "Hey, I'm feeling a little hot today, let's go swimming in the gene pool. " :-)
you may also want to read about
SNPs, Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_nucleotide_polymorphism
2006-09-26 10:36:32 · answer #4 · answered by ♪ ♫ ☮ NYbron ☮ ♪ ♫ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
... confusion that i felt in biology class.
oh my ... i'd forgotten that alleles even existed.
2006-09-22 13:35:19 · answer #5 · answered by Natalie M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋