EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Homozygote-an organism with identical pairs of genes for a specific trait. If both of the two gametes that fuse during fertilization carry the same form of the gene for a specific trait, the organism is said to be homozygous for that trait.

Detailed explanation-2: -Homozygous organisms are true-breeding for a particular trait. Heterozygous organisms are hybrid for a particular trait. Other Genetics Terms: Phenotype, or physical characteristics.

Detailed explanation-3: -(HOH-moh-ZY-gus JEE-noh-tipe) The presence of two identical alleles at a particular gene locus. A homozygous genotype may include two normal alleles or two alleles that have the same variant.

Detailed explanation-4: -A homozygote is “an organism with identical pairs of genes with respect to any given pair of hereditary characters, and therefore breeding true for that character.” In other words, it’s an organism that has two copies of the same allele for a particular trait.

Detailed explanation-5: -A true-breeding plant is one that, when self-fertilized, only produces offspring with the same traits. True-breeding organisms are genetically identical and have identical alleles for specified traits. The alleles for these type of organisms are homozygous.