homozygote

C2 Topic:Science & Research

US /ˌhoʊmoʊˈzaɪɡoʊt/ UK /ˌhɒməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

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noun
an organism or cell with two identical alleles at a specified genetic locus

A homozygote inherits the same allele from each parent at that locus.

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Opposites

heterozygote

Word family

Forms homozygotes

Related forms homozygousallelegenotype

Etymology

From homo- ("same") + zygote. English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders introduced the term in 1902 while describing Mendelian inheritance.

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