Homozygous

//ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəs// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele
Adjective
  1. 1
    having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
isogenicisogenic

Etymology

From homo- + -zygous.

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