Multiple alleles are present

Question

Multiple alleles are present (A) at the same locus of the chromosome (B) on non-sister chromatids (C) on different chromosomes (D) at different loci on the same chromosome.

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Multiple alleles refer to the presence of more than two alternate forms of a gene which should be accommodated on two loci on a homologous pair. This is facilitated by the presence of more than one allele on the same locus of a chromosome provided one allele is present at a locus at a time.

Q. Multiple alleles are present

at the same locus of the chromosome

on non-sister chromatids

on different chromosomes

at different loci on the same chromosome.

Multiple alleles refer to the presence of more than two alternate forms of a gene which should be accommodated on two loci on a homologous pair. This is facilitated by the presence of more than one allele on the same locus of a chromosome provided one allele is present at a locus at a time.