homozygote
homozygote · homozygotes
гомозигота
Homozygot
A diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic lociA diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.
/ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt/
Meaning
1 sensesA diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.
Homozygot
гомозиго́таgomozigóta
More definitions
- (genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci:
Origin
From homo- + zygote. Coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca SaundeFrom 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".
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Forms
plural: homozygotes| Singular | homozygote |
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Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedhomozygous