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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: Michigan State University Libraries - Cells and Molecules - Alleles and Phenotypes. | Nov 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Alleles and genes. | May 14, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Allele frequency dynamics in a pedigreed natural population. | Sep 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at University of Nebraska - Lincol - The A Series of Allelomorphs in Relation to Pigmentation in Maize (PDF). | Mar 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at University of Nebraska - Lincol - The A Series of Allelomorphs in Relation to Pigmentation in Maize (PDF). | Mar 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mustansiriyah University - Multiple Alleles (PDF). | Dec 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC - BMC Medical Genomics - Are minor alleles more likely to be risk alleles? | Nov 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at University of Nebraska - Lincol - The A Series of Allelomorphs in Relation to Pigmentation in Maize (PDF). | Aug 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Allele-Specific Genomics Decodes Gene Targets And Mechanisms Of The Non-Coding Genome. | Jul 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Allele and Gene Interactions. | Mar 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Allele frequency and the gene pool. | Jun 02, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Verywell Health - What is an Allele? | Oct 31, 2021 | ||
| Added information on the selection of alleles in populations. | Nov 05, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 13, 2019 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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