Name of the following :
An organism in which both the genes (allele) for a given character are identical is said to be homozygous.

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An organism in which the two copies of the gene are identical that is, have the same allele is called homozygous for that gene. An organism which has two different alleles of the gene is called heterozygous.

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

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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}

An organism which receives identical alleles of a particular gene from the parents is:-

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