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Author: Cecie Starr, Beverly McMillan
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Chapter 19, Problem 2SQ
A heterozygote has _____.
- a. only one of the various forms of a gene
- b. a pair of identical alleles
- c. a pair of contrasting alleles
- d. a haploid condition, in genetic terms
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