| Qualifier | allele |
| Definition | name of the allele for the given gene |
| Value Format | "free text" |
| Example | <INSDQualifier_value>adh1-1</INSDQualifier_value> |
| Comment | all gene-related features (exon, CDS etc) for a given gene should share the same allele qualifier value; the allele qualifier value must, by definition, be different from the gene qualifier value; when used with the variation feature key, the allele qualifier value should be that of the variant. |