Definition & Meaning of "homozygote"in English

Homozygote

an individual organism or cell with two identical alleles at a specific gene locus, having inherited the same genetic information from both parents

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Abstract

Composition

Compound

Countable

singular

not gender specific

Plural form

homozygotes

Examples

An organism with two alleles for brown eyes is a homozygote for the eye color gene.

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