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I have a silly question, so please bear with me...
I am confused about where the second copy of an allele is supposed to be located. I know that we receive 2 alleles for every gene, one from mom and one from dad. Is each one located on the other long/short arm of the chromosome . i.e if one is located on right long arm, is the other allele located on the left long arm for that gene??? Do I have any of this right??
Would really appreciate some input. Thx so much

anyone?

sure that is right ...... that it is placed one on each side....

That is correct

Thank you ritalineer and comlexking for your replies.

ACTUALLY A PAIR OF ALLELES ARE DEFINED BY DRAWING A TANGENT WHICH PASSES THROUGH BOTH THE HOMOLOGOUS CHROMOSOMES

SO YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT

Thanks target99, appreciate your input
If I may ask... what are you using as a source for biochemistry? There are some points I sometimes don't fully understand in Kaplan and am looking for another book, just as a resource to clarify what I don't understand. Thx again !