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.

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Homozygous means having identical alleles for a specific gene. This can be either two dominant alleles or two recessive alleles, but both copies are the same.

A Person Who Is Homozygous for a Trait