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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 are the units of inheritance and contain the information that is required to express a particular trait in an organism. Alternating form of a single gene which code for a pair of contrasting traits are known as alleles, i.e., tall and dwarf are alleles determining the height of pea plant.