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What Are Homologous Chromosomes?

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One chromosome of each pair comes from the mother and one comes from the father.

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homologous

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vestigial

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analogous

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Solution

The correct option is A homologous
Homologous chromosomes are chromosome pairs (one from each parent) that are similar in length, gene position, and centromere location. The position of the genes on each homologous chromosome is the same, however, the genes contain different alleles.

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