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Agriculture · Q348

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 348

Q348

The number of types of gametes produced by a homozygous individual is

A.
1
Answer
B.
2
C.
3
D.
Many

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
The number of types of gametes produced by a homozygous individual is 1.
The presence of two identical alleles at a particular gene locus. A homozygous genotype may include two normal alleles or two alleles that have the same variant.
Thus, only one type of gamete will be produced by a homozygous individual.