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homozygosity en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English homozygous Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English homozygosity From homozygous + -ity.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The condition of being homozygous.
   • It depends on whether those runs of homozygosity contain recessive disease-causing mutations. All of us have some of these runs in our DNA—usually less than 1 percent of the genome in Western populations, higher in cultures where cousin marriage is common. 2024 March 18, Sarah Zhang, “DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest”, in The Atlantic:

Forms

Relateds

zygosity · homozygous · heterozygosity

Translations (6)

de Reinerbigkeit (condition of being homozygous) · fr homozygotie (condition of being homozygous) · de Homozygotie (condition of being homozygous) · de Homozygosität (condition of being homozygous) · pl homozygotyczność (condition of being homozygous) · bg хомозиготност (condition of being homozygous)