Question
Differentiate between Homozygous & Heterozygous

Answer

Homozygous Heterozygous
1 Homozygous refers to the identical pair of alleles for a specific trait.1 Heterozygous refers to the non-identical pair of alleles for a specific trait.
2 Homozygous has either recessive or dominant alleles.2 Heterozygous has both dominant and recessive alleles.
3 It produces one type of gametes.3 It produces two types of gametes.
4 A homozygous allele is represented for a trait such as height by
homozygous dominant (TT) which is tall or homozygous recessive (tt) which is dwarf.
4 A heterozygous allele is represented for a trait such as height by heterozygous pair of alleles represented by Tt, which expresses for tall.

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