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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