Having a dimple on your chin is determined by a single gene pair. If you inherited one dimple gene and one non-dimple gene from your parents, you could be described as ____________ for this trait

A) heterozygous
B) homozygous
C) phenotypical
D) genotypical


Answer: A
Rationale: Genes come in pairs, one inherited from each parent, aligned along the chromosomes. If two corresponding genes at a given location on a pair of chromosomes are the same, they are referred to as homozygous. If the two genes differ they are heterozygous.

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