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Which option best identifies the exact concept boundary for Reproduction, Genetic inheritance: students must explain that different forms of a gene are called alleles.

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Reproduction

Question

A. Definition boundary: DNA can contain many genes; a gene has a specific coding role. This matches Genetic inheritance because students must explain that different forms of a gene are called alleles.
B. Scale confusion: Calling a gene a whole chromosome. This would blur DNA vs genes instead of testing Genetic inheritance.
C. Process confusion: Explaining protein coding without naming the gene as the relevant section of DNA. This misses the objective focus on explain that different forms of a gene are called alleles.
D. Evidence confusion: It moves into a neighbouring Unit 4.6 idea rather than Reproduction / Genetic inheritance.

Answer

The correct option is Definition boundary: DNA can contain many genes; a gene has a specific coding role. This matches Genetic inheritance because students must explain that different forms of a gene are called alleles.. It is the only option that keeps DNA vs genes separate and answers the approved learning objective in Genetic inheritance.

Explanation

The correct option is Definition boundary: DNA can contain many genes; a gene has a specific coding role. This matches Genetic inheritance because students must explain that different forms of a gene are called alleles.. Definition boundary: DNA can contain many genes; a gene has a specific coding role. This matches Genetic inheritance because students must explain that different forms of a gene are called alleles. is correct because DNA can contain many genes; a gene has a specific coding role. The learning objective says students must explain that different forms of a gene are called alleles, so the answer must stay inside Genetic inheritance. The alternative options are wrong because they either calling a gene a whole chromosome., explaining protein coding without naming the gene as the relevant section of dna., or drift away from when asking about genes, test a section of dna, protein coding, alleles, or inherited characteristics..

Common mistake

Confusing alleles with genes

Students often say that alleles are the same as genes, or that a gene can have only one allele, instead of recognising that a gene is a locus on a chromosome and that each locus can have multiple alleles.

Explain that a gene is a specific location on a chromosome that can exist in different forms (alleles). Clarify that each individual carries two alleles for a gene (one from each parent) and that the set of all possible alleles for a gene is called the allele pool. Use examples such as the gene for flower colour in pea plants having alleles for purple, white, and pink to illustrate the concept.

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