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Q.Which of the following is not correct?

(a) Three or more alleles of a trait in the population are called multiple alleles.
(b) A normal gene undergoes mutations to form many alleles
(c) Multiple alleles map at different loci of a chromosome
(d) A diploid organism has only two alleles out of many in the population
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Step 1. Recall the definition given in the text: multiple alleles are three or more alternative forms of a gene that occupy the same locus on the homologous chromosome — that is precisely what makes them alleles of one gene rather than several different genes.

Step 2. Check option (c) against that definition: it claims multiple alleles map at different loci, which directly contradicts the same-locus requirement — this is the incorrect statement. …

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