Question
What do you mean by the terms hybrid and pure in heredity?
Answer
In heredity, the term ‘hybrid’ refers to the offspring produced from the cross between parents with different characteristics or traits. The hybrid offspring possess a combination of traits inherited from both parents.
On the other hand, the term ‘pure’ in heredity refers to an individual that has the same pair of alleles for a particular trait. Such individuals are known as homozygous and when two homozygous individuals are crossed, their offspring will also be pure for that particular trait.
