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Homozygous

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Anatomy and Physiology I

Definition

An organism is homozygous for a gene when it has two identical alleles, either both dominant or both recessive, at a specific locus on a chromosome. This genetic condition influences the organism's traits and is critical in patterns of inheritance.

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