Dictionary

homozygous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəs/
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Etymology

From homo- + -zygous.

Meanings

1. Of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele

Forms

Deriveds

nonhomozygous · dihomozygous · homodeletion · homozygously · pseudohomozygous · homozygousness

Relateds

monozygotic · hemizygous · autozygous · heterozygous · autozygote · homozygote · allozygotic · monozygote · nullizygous · zygotic · zygosity · dizygosity · homozygotic · monozygous · heterozygotic · allozygous · nullizygotic · hemizygote · autozygosity · dizygotic · autozygotic · dizygote · heterozygote · allozygote · heterozygosity · hemizygosity · hemizygotic · allozygosity · monozygosity · homozygosity · heterozygousness · nullizygosity · zygote · dizygous · nullizygote

Translations (10)

fr homozygote (of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele) · it omozigote (of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele) · bg хомозиготен (of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele) · mi iraruarite (of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele) · de homozygot (of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele) · ga homaisigeach (of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele) · pl homozygotyczny (of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele) · es homocigótico (of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele) · de reinerbig (of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele) · pt homozigoto (of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele)