Question

identify the statement that describes an individual who is homozygous for a gene.
○ an individual inherits no alleles for a gene.
○ an individual inherits two of the same allele for a gene.
○ an individual inherits two different alleles for a gene.
○ an individual inherits three alleles for a gene.

Explanation:

In genetics, a homozygous individual has two identical alleles for a particular gene. For example, if the gene for eye color has alleles \(B\) (brown) and \(b\) (blue), a homozygous individual could be \(BB\) (homozygous dominant) or \(bb\) (homozygous recessive). An individual cannot inherit no alleles (as genes are passed from parents), inheriting two different alleles is heterozygous, and in normal diploid organisms, there are only two alleles per gene (not three).

Answer:

An individual inherits two of the same allele for a gene.