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Both parents are considered to be _________.

Homozygous
Heterozygous

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Homozygous means you are YY or yy where you have the same of that gene and heterozygous means you’re Yy where you have both genes
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Answer:If you are homozygous for a particular gene, it means you inherited the same version of that gene from both your mother and father. If you are heterozygous for a particular gene, it means you inherited two different versions of the gene, one from your mother and one from your father.

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