Question

w what is meant by homozygous and heterozygous ?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Organisms can be homozygous or heterozygous for a gene. ... An organism can be homozygous dominant, if it carries two copies of the same dominant allele, or homozygous recessive, if it carries two copies of the same recessive allele. Heterozygous means that an organism has two different alleles of a gene.

Answer 2

Answer:

homozygous:-

Individual organisms carrying two identical alleles (for example RR or rr) are called as homozygous.

Heterozygous:-

While individual organisms bear different alleles (for example Rr) are called heterozygous.