A person who is homozygous recessive at a locus has which of the following?
A) two copies of the recessive allele
B) two copies of the dominant allele
C) an autosomal trisomy
D) a recessive allele on the X chromosome only
E) a recessive allele on the Y chromosome only

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A person who is homozygous recessive at a locus has two copies of the recessive allele, and no copies of the dominant allele. This means that both alleles inherited from their parents at that particular gene locus are recessive.

A Person Who Is Homozygous Recessive at a Locus Has