If an individual or an organism has identical alleles on a gene locus, it is said to be which of the following?

Heterozygous

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Homozygous

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Cyanozygous

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Monozygous

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Solution

The correct option is B
Homozygous

If an individual or an organism has identical alleles on a gene locus, It is said to be homozygous.

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\begin{matrix} C o l u m n I & C o l u m n I I A. Locus & 1. Genetic makeup of an organism. B. Homozygous & 2. Both the alleles of a gene are non-identical. C. Heterozygous & 3. Both the alleles of a gene are identical. D. Phenotype & 4. Position of gene on chromosome. E. Genotype & 5. Physical expression of gene. \end{matrix}

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