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Homozygote
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an individual organism or cell with two identical alleles at a specific gene locus, having inherited the same genetic information from both parents
Examples
An organism with two alleles for brown eyes is a homozygote for the eye color gene.
Pea plants with two alleles for yellow seeds are homozygotes for the seed color gene.
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