IB Biology D3.2 Definitions

This page contains our IB Biology definitions for D3.2. By learning each one of these definitions, you will fully cover the content for IB Biology 'Monogenic inheritance'.
allele

Various specific forms of a gene that only differ from each other by one or a few bases

gene

A heritable factor that consists of a length of DNA and influences a characteristic

locus

A specific position on a chromosome

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