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Principles of Inheritance and Variation — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYPrinciples of Inheritance and Variation1 Mark
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Multiple allelism can be investigated only in populations. Justify.
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Answer

Though a gene exists in more than two allelic forms, in multiple allelism, a person can have only two of those alleles, as he has only two sets of homologous chromosomes, so multiple allelism can be studied only in a population.

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