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Agriculture · Q417

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 417

Q417

The individual having both the alleles of similar character is said to be

A.
Hermaphrodite
B.
Homozygous
Answer
C.
Dioecious
D.
Heterozygous

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
The individual having both alleles of similar character is said to be Homozygous.
Zygosity is the degree to which both copies of a chromosome or gene have the same genetic sequence.
If both alleles of a diploid organism are the same, the organism is homozygous at that locus.