Question

question 6
an individual who is homozygous ______________.
expresses the recessive trait
expresses the dominant trait
carries two different alleles for a gene
carries two copies of the same allele for a gene

Explanation:

A homozygous individual has two identical alleles for a particular gene. For example, in pea plants, if the gene for flower color has alleles \(P\) (purple) and \(p\) (white), a homozygous individual could be \(PP\) or \(pp\). It does not necessarily express a recessive or dominant trait as that depends on the nature of the allele (e.g., \(PP\) is dominant - purple, \(pp\) is recessive - white). Also, "carries two different alleles for a gene" describes a heterozygous individual.

Answer:

carries two copies of the same allele for a gene