How are the terms purebred and hybrid different?

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Purebred is a term used for an organism with recessive alleles, and hybrid is a term used for an organism with dominant alleles.
Purebred is a term used for an organism with recessive alleles, and hybrid is a term used for an organism with dominant alleles.

Purebred is a term used for an organism with dominant alleles, and hybrid is a term used for an organism with recessive alleles.
Purebred is a term used for an organism with dominant alleles, and hybrid is a term used for an organism with recessive alleles.

Purebred is a term used for a homozygous organism, and hybrid is a term used for a heterozygous organism.
Purebred is a term used for a homozygous organism, and hybrid is a term used for a heterozygous organism.

Purebred is a term used for a heterozygous organism, and hybrid is a term used for a homozygous organism.

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The correct distinction between the terms is:

Purebred is a term used for a homozygous organism, and hybrid is a term used for a heterozygous organism.

A purebred organism has identical alleles for a particular trait (homozygous), while a hybrid organism carries two different alleles for that trait (heterozygous).