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So they are both heterozygous for tasting PTC. Sometimes this is called, "Carrying the recessive gene."
"Hetero" means ________, so remember that "Heterozygous" would mean that the genotype has different alleles (1 dominant and 1 recessive)-- this is why they "carry" the recessive gene (it's there, but the dominant will cover it up)
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So they are both heterozygous for tasting PTC. Sometimes this is called, "Carrying the recessive gene."
"Hetero" means ________, so remember that "Heterozygous" would mean that the genotype has different alleles (1 dominant and 1 recessive)-- this is why they "carry" the recessive gene (it's there, but the dominant will cover it up)
Equal
Diffferent
Same
Weird
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"Hetero" means **Different**. In the context of genetics, "heterozygous" indicates that an organism has two different alleles for a particular gene, one dominant and one recessive.