Question

Give the appropriate biological or technical term for the following

The condition in which a part of a chromosome carries similar alleles of a particular character.

Answer 1

Allele

1. An allele is the variant form of the gene.
2. The condition in which a part of a chromosome carries similar alleles of a particular character is called a homozygous condition.
3. In heterozygous conditions alleles are different.

Example:

1. Homozygous condition - Tall plants having similar allele (TT)
2. Heterozygous condition- Tall plants having different alleles (Tt)