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What is a pair of chromosomes called?
October 26, 2010 11:11PM
A pair of chromosomes is called a "chromosome pair."
Generally, the two chromosomes in a pair are "homologous chromosomes."
An individual form of a gene is called an "allele." (For example: if someone has genotype "Aa", they have two different alleles, "A" and "a")