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An organism that has inherited two of the same alleles of a gene from its parent is _________ for that trait.

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Homozygous is an organism that has inherited two of the same alleles.
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Answer: An organism that has inherited two of the same alleles of a gene from its parent is homozygous for that trait.

Explanation: Homozygous term is used for the organism which has

identical allele on both the chromosomes.

Homozygous organism can be of following two types :-

1 - Homozygous dominant -: In this ogranism carries two copies of the same dominant allele. Dominant alleles represented by capital letters eg. AA.

2 - Homozygous recessive - In this type organism carries two copies of the same gene which is recessive gene. Recessive alleles represented by small letters eg. aa.

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