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Statement 1: Every individual organism contains one or two alleles for each trait.
Statement 2: Alleles segregate (separate) during meiosis such that each gamete gets only one of the alleles.
Which of the given statements is correct?
Statement 1: Every individual organism contains one or two alleles for each trait.
Statement 2: Alleles segregate (separate) during meiosis such that each gamete gets only one of the alleles.
Which of the given statements is correct?
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The correct option is C Both 1 and 2
Alleles are different forms and hence different phenotypic expressions of one gene. For e.g., the gene which codes for the height of pea plant takes two forms: tall and dwarf. An individual contains a pair of alleles and the final phenotypic expression is a result of how both these alleles interact. These alleles segregate during meiosis and each gamete gets only one of the allele.
Alleles are different forms and hence different phenotypic expressions of one gene. For e.g., the gene which codes for the height of pea plant takes two forms: tall and dwarf. An individual contains a pair of alleles and the final phenotypic expression is a result of how both these alleles interact. These alleles segregate during meiosis and each gamete gets only one of the allele.
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