AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A homozygous genotype contains two identical alleles. An individual can either be homozygous dominant (ex: HH) or homozygous recessive (ex: hh). A heterozygous genotype contains two different alleles (ex: Hh).

Detailed explanation-2: -An organism with two dominant alleles for a trait is said to have a homozygous dominant genotype. Using the eye color example, this genotype is written BB. An organism with one dominant allele and one recessive allele is said to have a heterozygous genotype. In our example, this genotype is written Bb.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hh is an example of a heterozygous gene. A heterozygous gene is a gene that carries two different alleles and can be represented by a small letter and a big letter (Hh or hH).

Detailed explanation-4: -Dominant alleles are written as a capital letter (H), and recessive alleles as a small (lower case) version (h) of the same letter. whereas one with two different forms (Hh) is called heterozygous (a heterozygote)-also called a hybrid.

Detailed explanation-5: -An organism can be either homozygous dominant ( TT ) or homozygous recessive ( tt ). If an organism has two different alleles ( Tt ) for a certain gene, it is known as heterozygous (hetero-means different).