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Lesson: Chapter 20 — Heredity

20.3. Genes and genotypes 2 of 7

Question 2

T and t are best described as:

The right answer is the one marked above.

Two alleles of one gene. They are the two forms a single gene — the one for stem height — can take, which is why they share a letter and occupy the same position on the two chromosomes of a pair.

Calling them two genes suggests they could both be present in one gamete. They cannot: they are alternatives at one position.

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