The phrase
"different alleles" refers to variations or different versions of a specific gene. Alleles can cause differences in traits or characteristics, like eye or hair color, in living organisms.
Full definition
The predominant modern su1 allele was found in all of the older Mexican cobs, but the younger New Mexican cobs had
several different alleles, suggesting that this gene was still undergoing selection when maize reached North America.
It requires as input a list of chromosomes and coordinates, and returns the count
for different alleles among the genomes it references.
Because previous studies had suggested that
different alleles (versions) of the IL - 28B gene affect immune responses, the researchers determined which alleles the transplant recipients carried.
To understand how
the different alleles influence the immune response to vaccination, the researchers next looked in more detail at immune cells from 47 of the patients (34 had two major T alleles, and 13 had at least one minor G allele).
Because of a lack of available antibodies and the inability to distinguish amongst various mutant forms of XPD differing only by single amino acid substitutions, we were unable to ascertain the relative amount of XPD protein from
the different alleles.
Two elderly family members are unaffected despite having a compound heterozygote genotype with the pathogenic R304 * mutation and the A299V variant on two
different alleles (6).
Although they are heterozygous at all loci for which their parents have
different alleles, they are similar to inbred strains in that they are genetically and phenotypically uniform.
All the Labradoodles in the litter will have similar coat types (in this case, wavy and low shedding), the result of the combination of
the different alleles of their two parents.