homozygote
[ hoh-muh-zahy-goht, -zig-oht, hom-uh- ]
nounBiology.
an organism with identical pairs of genes with respect to any given pair of hereditary characters, and therefore breeding true for that character.
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British Dictionary definitions for homozygote
homozygote
/ (ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt, -ˈzɪɡ-, ˌhɒm-) /
noun
an animal or plant that is homozygous and breeds true to type: Compare heterozygote
Derived forms of homozygote
- homozygosis, noun
- homozygotic (ˌhəʊməʊzaɪˈɡɒtɪk, -zɪ-, ˌhɒm-), adjective
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