Since any single diploid organism only has two alleles per gene in their nuclear genetic material, the gene pool for a population of that organism can only have two alleles occurring in it. Group of answer choices True False

A diploid organism can have only two alleles for a particular gene. However, a gene may have more than two alleles. The gene for the ABO blood type has three alleles. The gene pool of a population can have more than two alleles for a gene since different organisms may have various combinations of the multiple alleles of a gene. For example, some individuals of a human population may have I^A and I^B alleles while others may have I^A and "i" alleles in their genomes. This population would have three alleles for the ABO gene.

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The given statement is false because a gene pool has more than 2 alleles for a gene

What are alleles?

Alleles are the alternate form of a gene. For example- Gene is the responsible color of eyes color can have 2 or more than two alleles as Green, Brown, Blue, Black.

A gene is the functional unit of heredity. Genes are responsible for the characteristics of organisms.

A diploid organism has 2 sets of chromosomes, so an organism can bear only 2 alleles but in the population, many other alleles can exist.

Therefore, the given statement is false because a gene pool has more than 2 alleles for a gene.

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