Mendel’s “factors” as in “each individual has two factors for a trait” are _______.?

Question

Mendel’s “factors” as in “each individual has two factors for a trait” are _______.

a) genes

b) alleles

c) chromosomes

d) chromatids

Answer 1

Yes, ecolink is correct (a consistent state for them) - it's alleles:

http://biology.about.com/od/geneticsglos...

Answer 2

Alleles

Answer 3

Lil Butterfly,

The answer is “B”. Gregor Mendel’s factors are now called alleles, which is one of the mutational forms of a gene, distinguished from other alleles by its phenotypic effects. For every trait a person has, two alleles determine how that trait is expressed.

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