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homozygous / heterozygous

homocigoto / heterocigoto

homozygous means having two identical alleles for a gene; heterozygous (also called hybrid) means having two different alleles.

Example

A pea plant that is TT or tt is homozygous; a plant that is Tt is heterozygous.

In Spanish

homocigoto / heterocigoto — homocigoto significa tener dos alelos idénticos de un gen; heterocigoto (también llamado híbrido) significa tener dos alelos distintos.

Una planta de chícharo TT o tt es homocigota; una planta Tt es heterocigota.

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