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Question 39

A pea plant has the genotype bb. Which word describes this genotype?

  1. Heterozygous
  2. Dominant only
  3. HomozygousCorrect answer
  4. Carrier

Explanation

The two alleles written here are the same form, and that sameness is what the term records; it applies to a pair of two recessive alleles just as it does to a pair of two dominant ones. The word for a genotype whose two alleles differ cannot fit a genotype written with one letter twice.

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