What do you call chromosomes that have the same length and carry genes for the same traits?

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Mandira P.
Dec 4, 2017

Such chromosomes are called HOMOLOGOUS chromosomes.

Explanation:

One member of the homologous pair comes from father and another from mother. Each diploid cell contains chromosomes in homologous pair.

![http://slideplayer.com/5163150/16/images/18/Diploid+cell%3A+6+total+chromosomes%2C+3+sets+of+homologous+http://chromosomes.jpg](https://useruploads.socratic.org/Z785YFBMR2q4mgqv5yJs_Diploid%2Bcell_%2B6%2Btotal%2Bchromosomes%2C%2B3%2Bsets%2Bof%2Bhomologous%2Bchromosomes.jpg)

Same genes are located on each chromosome of a homologous pair, but alleles may differ.

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