Question

What do you mean by homologous chromosomes?
Answer in brief..​

Answer 1

Answer:

Homologous chromosomes are two pieces of DNA within a diploid organism which carry the same genes, one from each parental source. In simpler terms, both of your parents provide a complete genome. Each parent provides the same 23 chromosomes, which encode the same genes.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

Homologous chromosomes are chromosome pairs (one from each parent) that are similar in length, gene position, and centromere location. The position of the genes on each homologous chromosome is the same. However, the genes may contain different alleles. For example, Human cells contain 23 pairs of chromosomes, for a total of 46. Each chromosome pair represents a set of homologous chromosomes. One chromosome in each pair is donated from the mother and the other from the father during sexual reproduction.

Hence Homologous chromosomes can be defined as Same chromosome, same gene, different allele in the same order.

So, the correct answer is 'Same chromosome, same gene, different allele in the same order'.