if an individual inherits a D from its mother and a d from its father how would we classify the individual?
A.homozygous
B.dominant
C.heterozygous

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That would be C heterozygous.

Dd. Heterozygous.
DD. Homozygous dominant
dd. Homozygous recessive

If an individual inherits a D from his mother and a d from his father. The individual will be classified as heterozygous. The correct option is C.

What is heterozygous?

Heterozygous means having different alleles. It is a term of genetics. When a person for a character contains two different genes, then it's called heterozygous. For example, having red color and brown color hair allele.

Here the individual has a D and d, which means two different alleles are present, so it is heterozygous.

Dd,  Heterozygous.

DD, Homozygous dominant.

dd, Homozygous recessive.

Thus, option C. heterozygous is correct regarding the individual.

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