homozygote

[hoh-muh-zahy-goht, -zig-oht, hom-uh-]

noun Biology.

an organism with identical pairs of genes with respect to any given pair of hereditary characters, and therefore breeding true for that character.

Origin of homozygote

First recorded in 1900–05; homo- + zygote

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British Dictionary definitions for homozygote

homozygote

noun

an animal or plant that is homozygous and breeds true to typeCompare heterozygote

Derived Formshomozygosis, nounhomozygotic (ˌhəʊməʊzaɪˈɡɒtɪk, -zɪ-, ˌhɒm-), adjective

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Medicine definitions for homozygote

homozygote

[hō′mō-zī′gōt′, -mə-, hŏm′ə-]

n.

An organism that has the same alleles at a particular gene locus on homologous chromosomes.