Question

An organism with two identical alleles for a given trait is said to be........... for that allele.

• A. Homozygous
• B. Segregating
• C. Dominant
• D. A hermaphrodite

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Homozygous

Homozygous means having identical alleles for the same trait. i.e having 2 copies of the dominant allele or 2 copies of the recessive allele. Example: TT for tallness and tt for dwarfs. TT is homozygous for dominant character/trait and tt is homozygous for recessive character/trait. Thus, the correct answer is option A.