Zygosity
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Biology
Cegep/1
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71 words
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1 minute
Degree of similarity of alleles
Types
Homozygosity / heterozygosity
(Of a genotype or pairing of alleles)
Homozygosity: possession of identical alleles for a given trait
Heterozygosity: possession of different alleles for a given trait
Hemizygosity
(Of a genotype or gene of a diploid organism) possession of only one copy of a gene, e.g. when the gene is on the Y chromosome
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