"Paternal chromosome contain one allele and maternal chromosome contain other allele both these alleles constitute one gene, one gene controls one character" Is this statement true.

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Solution

No.
One gene can control one or two characters. Based on the DNA sequences, genes are the alternative form of the alleles.
So, the sentence will be paternal chromosome contain one allele and maternal chromosome contains another allele. One gene can control one or two characters.

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......................... chromosomes are chromosomes that contains alleles for different genes.

	I		II
A	Dominance	i	In a heterozygous organism both alleles express themselves fully
B	Epistasis	ii	A single gene influences many characters
C	Pleiotropy	iii	One gene is suppressed by other gene.
D	Codominance	iv	One allele masks the other allele of the same gene

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