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

Homozygous

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Segregating

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Dominant

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A hermaphrodite

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Solution

The correct option is B 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.

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