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H

heterozygous


1) An individual who inherits two alternative alleles for a feature. e.g. Tt, XY
(adapted from Edexcel GCSE SCience and Data Resource Book, UG005206) 

homozygous



1) An individual who inherits identical alleles for a feature from the parent e.g. TT, tt or XX
(adapted from Edexcel GCSE SCience and Data Resource Book, UG005206) 

human genome project


1) An international study of the entire human genetic material