Question

What is the term used to describe the different forms of a gene?

• A. Phenotype
• B. Genotype
• C. Chromosome
• D. Allele

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Allele

"Allele" is the word that we use to describe the alternative form or versions of a gene. People inherit one allele for each autosomal gene from each parent, and we tend to lump the alleles into categories. Typically, we call them either normal or wild-type alleles, or abnormal, or mutant alleles.