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Keywords: Allele, Locus, Homozygous, Trait, Homologous

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a diploid organism having different alleles of one or more genes, producing gametes of different genotypes.

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A term designating an individual that possesses unlike genes for a particular trait.

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possessing a pair of different genes on homologous chromosomes for a particular hereditary characteristic

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Having two different alleles for a single gene (in a diploid organism).

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