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Q. Genes which code for a pair of contrasting traits are known as

Principles of Inheritance and Variation

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• Genes which code for a pair of contrasting traits are known as alleles or allelomorphs, i.e. they are slightly different forms of the same gene.
• Alleles are alternate form of a gene.