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allelic variant

An alteration in the normal sequence of a gene, the significance of which is often unclear until further study of the genotype and corresponding phenotype occurs in a sufficiently large population. Complete gene sequencing often identifies numerous allelic variants (sometimes hundreds) for a given gene.

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