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In his seminal work on genetics, Gregor Mendel described the physical traits in the pea plant as being controlled by two ‘factors’. What term is used to define these factors today? (a) Chromosomes (b) Genes (c) Alleles (d) Hybrids Select the correct answer from above options

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Answer is : (c) Alleles The term allele was formerly used by Mendel for the factors representing the two alternate forms of a character, e.g. tallness and dwarfness in case of height in pea (T and t).

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