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Different versions of a gene are known as ___.


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alleles

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traits

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characters

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chromatids

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Solution

The correct option is A

alleles


An allele is an alternative form of a gene. Some genes have a variety of different forms, which are located at the same position, or genetic locus, on a chromosome. Humans are called diploid organisms because they have two alleles at each genetic locus, with one allele inherited from each parent. Character is feature or external apperance of an organism, like height, skin colour, etc. Traits are alternative forms of the same character. For example, tallness and dwarfness are two traits for the character, height.

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