An individual who has two different alleles for a trait is called ________.
A) haploid
B) homozygous
C) heterozygous
D) isozygous
E) true-breeding

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Heterozygous individuals have two different alleles for a trait. Haploid individuals have only one set of chromosomes, homozygous individuals have two identical alleles for a trait, isozygous is not a commonly used term, and true-breeding individuals are homozygous for a trait and produce offspring with the same trait when self-fertilized.

An Individual Who Has Two Different Alleles for a Trait