Multiple Choice
Consider a diploid organism with 2n = 6. This cell is in metaphase I of meiosis. How many chromosomes are aligned at the metaphase plate?
1. Introduction to Genetics
Fundamentals of Genetics
Multiple Choice
In fundamentals of genetics, alternate forms of the same gene are called:
A
Centromeres
B
Chromatids
C
Alleles
D
Phenotypes
Verified step by step guidance1
Understand the question is asking for the term that describes different versions of the same gene.
Recall that a gene is a segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait, and it can have different forms called alleles.
Recognize that centromeres are the part of a chromosome where sister chromatids attach, not related to gene variants.
Know that chromatids are identical halves of a duplicated chromosome, also not related to gene variants.
Phenotypes refer to the observable traits resulting from gene expression, not the gene forms themselves.
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