Lydia's father has straight hair and her mother has curly hair. Lydia has a gene that dictates her own hair texture from her mother and an alternative form of the same gene from her father. Each of the pair of genes is called an

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Each of the pair of genes is called an allele. Alleles are alternative forms of a gene that arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome.

Lydia's Father Has Straight Hair and Her Mother Has Curly