An Individual Who Has Two Different Alleles for a Trait

question 43

Multiple Choice

An individual who has two different alleles for a trait is called ________.

• A) haploid
• B) homozygous
• C) heterozygous
• D) isozygous
• E) true-breeding

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Definitions:

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