As paul posted earlier, homozygous (applied to genetics) is defined as haveing two of the same gene in a gene pair.

Think of it this way with three pairs of socks:

brown socks represent normal genes

White socks represent sharp genes

and tan socks represent caramel genes

if you picked up one tan sock and one white sock, would you have a matched pair? No.

same way with the genes, a sharp and a caramel are not a matched pair. They may work well together, but they are not matched.





>>I understand how Heterozygous and Homozygous work. I'm one of few you will hear say Het Hypo for instance. I hate the improper names.
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>>But if Caramel and Sharp are the same genotype (different phenotype) is it really wrong to say that a Caramel//Sharp is homozygous?
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

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LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
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And those are only the breeders

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