Question

Difference between homozygous advantage and heterozygous advantages

Answer 1

Heterozygous advantage:

A heterozygote advantage describes the case in which the heterozygous genotype has a higher relative fitness than either the homozygous dominant or homozygous recessive genotype. ... A common example is the case where the heterozygote conveys both advantages and disadvantages, while both homozygotes convey a disadvantage.