homozygote en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt/
Etymology
From homo- + zygote. Coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery".
Meanings
- A diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| homozygotes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (14)
cmn 純合子 /纯合子 (a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci) · sh хомозѝго̄т (a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci) · ru гомозиго́та (a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci) · bg хомозигот (a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci) · pt homozigoto (a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci) · ca homozigot (a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci) · ga homaisiogót (a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci) · fr homozygote (a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci) · it omozigote (a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci) · de Homozygot (a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci) · io homozigoto (a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci) · fi homotsygootti (a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci) · pl homozygota (a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci) · sh homozìgōt (a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci)