What is the Fundamental difference between Homozygous and Heterozygous conditions?

In Heterozygous, both copies of a gene or locus match while in Homozygous, the copies do not match.

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In Homozygous, both copies of a gene or locus match while in Heterozygous, the copies do not match.

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There's no Difference - In both Homozygous and Heterozygous, The copies do match.

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There's no Difference - In both Homozygous and Heterozygous, The copies do not match.

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The correct option is B
In Homozygous, both copies of a gene or locus match while in Heterozygous, the copies do not match.

In Homozygous, both copies of a gene or locus match while in Heterozygous, the copies do not match.

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Which is the type of Gene that can express in both Homozygous and Heterozygous Conditions?

	List I		List II
A	Gamete	1	Colourless individual
B	Homozygous	2	Haploid cell
C	Heterozygous	3	When both factors are identical.
D	Albino	4	When both factors are different.

\begin{matrix} Column I & Column II A & Dominant allele & 1 & It gets expressed only in homozygous condition B & Recessive allele & 2 & Both the alleles of the gene are different C & Homozygous & 3 & Both the alleles of the gene are same D & Heterozygous & 4 & It gets expressed in both homozygous and heterozygous conditions \end{matrix}

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