The Professional in Insurance Account Management Designation Program examines the procedures for RATING through formulas and physical rating exercises. In addition, this program explores UNDERWRITING information, assisting in completing the appropriate Acord applications, binders, and other forms for issuing a policy.
Homozygous and Heterozygous. If an organism has two copies of the same allele, for example AA or aa, it is homozygous for that trait. If the organism has one copy of two different alleles, for example Aa, it is heterozygous. Keep in mind that an organism can't simply be 'homozygous,' period.
A dominant allele can show with only one copy present (B) and recessive needs two alleles present (bb) to show. Remembering that B = dominant, b = recessive... 1. 'Homo' = same. A homozygous trait means the alleles are the same (bb or BB) 2. heterozygous dominant trait would be composed of two different alleles, and since it's dominant those alleles would be 'Bb' 4. A homozygous recessive trait would have the same alleles but they would be recessive, so a homozygous recessive trait would be 'bb'. Hope that made some sort of sense!