Homozygote Definition

hōmō-zīgōt, -mə-, hŏmə-
homozygotes
noun
A plant or animal having two identical alleles at a single locus on a chromosome, and hence breeding true for the particular character involved; purebred.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Homozygote

Noun

Singular:
homozygote
Plural:
homozygotes

Origin of Homozygote

  • homo- + zygote

    From Wiktionary

Homozygote Sentence Examples

  • The profound lack of circulating a1-antitrypsin predisposes the Z a1-antitrypsin homozygote to early onset emphysema.

  • One methionine homozygote French case of variant CJD has been identified.

  • An albino is a homozygote; that is, all its gametes are carrying the character of albinism and none of them bear the alternative character - the allelomorph - of pigmentation.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

ETEOTE

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