When a plant have two alleles of contrasting characters, it is called as

Homozygous

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Dioecious

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Heterozygous

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Monoecious

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Solution

The correct option is D Heterozygous
The genetics term heterozygous refers to a pair of genes, where one is dominant and one is recessive - they are different. For instance: Tt is a heterozygous genetic combination for the tall genotype. TT and tt are homozygous genetic makeups.

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