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The corn was resistant to disease because of its hybrid genes.

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What is a hybrid gene?

A hybrid gene is a gene that is formed from a combination of two different genes. It can be made by recombinant DNA technology. Hybrid genes possess at least one characteristic of both the genes combined.


What does it mean to have hybrid-brown eye genes?

Eye color is dictated by your genes, having hybrid brown means that your genes are Bb (i think eye color is the letter b) or whatever letter it is. It just means that either 1)one of your parents has brown eyes and the other has blue eyes or 2)both have brown eyes and their parents were in the first situation


When genes are blended are they pure or hybrid?

Purebred is "of only one kind." It's a mix of only ONE species or thing. Hybrid is that two or more things were mixed to create something. For example, a purebred dog is a Poodle, while a hybrid is a Labradoodle.


True or false hybrids are often hardier than either of the parents?

This is solved by simple gentics... some of the plants gain weaker genes while others gain stronger (dominant) genes The Hybrid can gain the stronger elements from both of parent plants making it have the best of the two (usually done in labs with geneitcally modifided foods to gain a super plant) this 'superplant' or hybrid plant can then be used to create more hybrid plants.


What is an organism that has genes that are alike for a particular trait called?

An organism that has genes that are alike for a particular trait is called homozygous for that trait. This means that it has two identical alleles for that specific gene.