NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In other cases, each parent provides a different allele of a given gene, and the offspring is referred to as heterozygous ("hetero” meaning “different") for that allele. Alleles produce phenotypes (or physical versions of a trait) that are either dominant or recessive.

Detailed explanation-2: -An organism with one dominant allele and one recessive allele is said to have a heterozygous genotype.

Detailed explanation-3: -An individual with one dominant and one recessive allele for a gene will have the dominant phenotype. They are generally considered “carriers” of the recessive allele: the recessive allele is there, but the recessive phenotype is not.

Detailed explanation-4: -Heterozygous refers to having different alleles for a particular trait. If the two versions are different, you have a heterozygous genotype for that gene. The relationship between the two alleles affects which traits are expressed.

Detailed explanation-5: -An organism with two different alleles for a specific trait is called heterozygous or hybrid. For example, if T is the dominant allele for a tall tea plant and t represents the allele for a short pea plant, then an organism with the Tt allele combination is heterozygous and will form a tall plea plant.