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A gene is a unit of genetc information that is trancribed into RNA and then translated to create a polypeptide chain of specific sequence. Alleles are mutant forms of a gene. <ref>Genetics Analysis of Gene and Genomes, sixth edition, Daniel L. Hartl, Elizabeth W. Jones, 2005<ref>