An individual with a heterozygous genotype is a:
Correct answer: A. Heterozygote
- A. Heterozygote
- B. Homozygote
- C. Both A & B
- D. None of the above
Explanation
Option A: Heterozygote refers to an individual who has two different alleles for a particular gene, meaning they have a heterozygous genotype. In this case, the individual has inherited one allele from each parent, resulting in a heterozygous genotype. Option B: A homozygous refers to an individual who has two identical alleles for a particular gene, meaning they have a homozygous genotype. This option is incorrect for a heterozygous genotype since it implies having two identical alleles rather than two different alleles. Option C: This option would indicate that an individual with a heterozygous genotype can be both a heterozygote and a homozygote, which is not accurate. A heterozygous genotype specifically represents the condition of being a heterozygote, not a homozygote.
Last updated
About Inheritance
Mendel's laws explain segregation, independent assortment and the prediction of genetic ratios using alleles, genotypes and phenotypes. The chapter also covers linked genes, recombination and crossing over during meiosis, then applies pedigree reasoning to X-linked recessive traits, which show different inheritance patterns in males and females.
Practise Inheritance
1,238 free Inheritance MCQs from Biology, each with the correct answer and an explanation. Unlimited attempts, no account needed.
Exams that ask Biology questions like this
Biology is on 6 papers prepared for on TestUstad, and all of them draw the same bank, so this question is worth knowing for every one of them.
Related questions
4 Mutations in opsin genes cause_ types of colorblindness.
9 : 3 : 3 : 1 ratio is given by:
A bald man marries to pattern bald woman. The chance of baldness in their daughter is:
A botanist sees that when he breeds a plant with blue flowers and a plant with red flowers, the resulting generation are plants with a 1:1 ratio of blue: red flowers. He knows that the two parents are homozygous for the trait of color. What phenomenon most likely explains the 1:1 ratio in the filial generation?
A carrier female for hemophilia can pass the defective allele to: