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

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYPrinciples of Inheritance and Variation1 Mark
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State a difference between a gene and an allele.
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Answer

Gene - contains information that is required to express a particular trait//unit of inheritance//segment of DNA called cistron//

Sequence of DNA coding for tRNA/rRNA/polypeptide/enzyme.

Allele - Genes which code for a pair of contrasting traits/(slightly) different forms of the same gene/individual gene in a particular gene pair (for same character).

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