A person who is homozygous for a trait:
a. always has two dominant copies of a gene.
b. always has two recessive copies of a gene.
c. has identical copies of the gene.
d. has different copies of the gene.
Answer: C
Rationale: If both alleles at a given location of the chromosome are the same they are homozygous.
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