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mjl1717 Forum Junior Topics: 964 Posts: 5442	Jan 16, 2004 - 10:22 AM       #1 What exactly does homozygous and heterozygous mean? What is an allele?
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FH Forum Senior Topics: 10 Posts: 136	Jan 17, 2004 - 8:25 AM       #2 Lets start from autosomal chromosomes: Any gene which is NOT a sex gene is known as Autosamal genes or AUTOSOME. Now we all have a pair of autosomal genes meaning 2 copies on each chromosome. Allele is a series of 2 or more genes that occupy the same locus on a specific chromosme. If the allele is the same sequence on the other (pairing) chormosomal locus then it is a homozygous pair, If the allele is different then the cell is heterozygous for both alleles. I hope I didn't add to the confusion :|

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