MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTION

Question

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

Answer 1

"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.