Question

Heterozygous organisms are also called

Answer 1

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an organism that has two different alleles for a trait. hybrid. another name for heterozygous. purebred. another name for homozygous.

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Answer 2

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Heterozygous. A diploid organism is heterozygous at a gene locus when its cells contain two different alleles (one wild-type allele and one mutant allele) of a gene. The cell or organism is called a heterozygote specifically for the allele in question, and therefore, heterozygosity refers to a specific genotype.