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Homozygous and Heterozygous

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A parent that produces only one type of gamete for an allele is called:

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Heterozygous

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Homozygous

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Homologous

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Hemizygous

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Solution

The correct option is B
Homozygous

A homozygous individual has two copies of the same allele. Hence, each gamete produced by such an individual will have the same copy of the allele.

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