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Monohybrid vs. Dihybrid — What's the Difference?

Monohybrid vs. Dihybrid — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Monohybrid and Dihybrid

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Monohybrid

The hybrid of parents that differ at only one gene locus, for which each parent is homozygous with a different allele.

Dihybrid

The offspring of parents that are each homozygous for different alleles of two genetic loci.

Monohybrid

A hybrid between two species that only have a difference of one gene.

Dihybrid

(genetics) A hybrid that is heterozygous with respect to two independent alleles

Monohybrid

A hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)
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Dihybrid

A hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each

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