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Different forms of a gene are called...

Different forms of a gene are called

A

Heterozygous

B

Complementary genes

C

Genotypes

D

Alleles

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D
The contrasting pair of trait is called as allele. It may be exist as pair or more than two forms.
Ex : Blood group is controlled by three alleles = `i^A , i^B , i^O`
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