homozygote

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

nounBiology.
  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1900–05; homo- + zygote

Words Nearby homozygote

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British Dictionary definitions for homozygote

homozygote

/ (ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt, -ˈzɪɡ-, ˌhɒm-) /


noun
  1. 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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