Question

The two alleles of a locus which an offspring receives from the male and female gametes are situated on (a) two different homologs of the same chromosome (b) two different chromosomes (c) sex chromosomes (d) a single chromosome Select the correct answer from above options

Answer 1

Answer is : (a) two different homologs of the same chromosome An allele is a varient form of gene. Some genes have a variety of different forms, which are located at the same position on a chromosome. Humans are called diploid organisms because they have two alleles at each genetic locus, with one allele inherited from each parent. Each pair of alleles represents the genotype of a specific gene.