Question

A heterozygote is an individual with:

a. a different paternal and maternal allele at a particular locus.
b. the same paternal and maternal allele at a particular locus.
c. a dominant allele.
d. a recessive allele.

Answer 1

Answer: a) a different paternal and maternal allele at a particular locus

Explanation: Hetero-zygote are referred as the organisms that represent the two different alleles of a particular gene. It can have different individual paternal and maternal allele from a gene.They have the nature of establishing alleles that among the two alleles, one of them has a dominant approach. Therefore the correct option for the given statement in the question is option(a) .