Allele-specific sequencing reads provide a powerful signal for identifying molecular quantitative trait loci (QTLs), but they are challenging to analyze and are prone to technical artifacts. Here we ...

Genes and alleles are essential to basic genetics, but what are the differences between them? In this guide, we compare genes and alleles and provide simple definitions and examples for both. Genes ...

In general, humans have the same genes. A number of genes are varied. These control our physical traits and health. Each variation is called an allele. You inherit two alleles for each gene. One comes ...