Define homozygous and heterozygous

A) Homozygous means homologous chromosomes has the same genes. Heterozygous means homologous chromosomes has different genes.
B) Homozygous means homologous chromosomes has different genes. Heterozygous means homologous chromosomes has the same genes.
C) Homozygous means that homologous chromosomes carry the same allele of a given gene. Heterozygous means that homologous chromosomes carry different alleles of a given gene.
D) Homozygous means that homologous chromosomes carry different alleles of a given gene. Heterozygous means that homologous chromosomes carry the same allele of a given gene.
E) Homozygous means that all genes are on the same locus. Heterozygous means that all genes are on different loci.


Answer: C

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