Question

Considering the concept of multiple alleles, one individual can have only ______ alleles for that character.

Options

• one

• two

• three

• four

Answer 1

Considering the concept of multiple alleles, one individual can have only one allele for that character.

Explanation:

Although a character may have multiple alleles in a population (e.g., ABO blood group has 3 alleles: Iᴬ, Iᴮ, i), any single diploid individual can carry only two alleles for a given gene, one on each homologous chromosome.