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Zygosity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zygosity refers to the similarity of genes for a trait (inherited characteristic) in an organism. If both genes are the same, the organism is homozygous for the trait. If both genes are different, th...
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Genotype - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dominance (genetics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In genetics, dominance describes a relationship between different forms (alleles) of a gene at a particular physical location (locus) on a chromosome. Typical plants and animals have two sets of chr...
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So, if the pea plant has a homozygous dominant genotype, it has two dominant genes - TT. If the pea plant has a homozygous recessive genotype, it has two recessive genes - tt. Heterozygous - If an organism's genotype is heterozygous it has one dominant gene and one recessive gene.
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(a) An individual who possesses only the dominant allele at a given locus is said to be homozygous dominant ... (b) For example, purple flowers may indicate either the heterozygous situation or the dominant homozygous situation...
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