alleryDuring gamete formation, a gamete receives how many of the two factors?
AOnly the one
BBoth of them
CNeither of them
DThree of them
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Only the one
1. The parent carries two alleles of a pair.
2. Those alleles separate as gametes form.
3. So each gamete receives only one of them.
_Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 5, Principles of Inheritance and Variation._
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