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2015 · Q51
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Principles of Inheritance and Variation question

2015 · Q51

NEETBiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationMCQ+4 / −1
Alleles are
  1. A
    true breeding homozygotes
  2. B
    different phenotype
  3. C
    heterozygotes
  4. D
    different molecular forms of a gene
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Correct answer: D

Genes are the units of inheritance and contain the information that is required to express a particular trait in an organism. Alternating forms of a single gene which code for a pair of contrasting traits are known as alleles. For example, two alleles determine the height of pea plant (tall and dwarf).

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