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homozygote
[ hoh-muh-zahy-goht, -zig-oht, hom-uh- ]
noun
- an organism with identical pairs of genes with respect to any given pair of hereditary characters, and therefore breeding true for that character.
homozygote
/ -z瑟-; -藞z瑟伞-; 藢h蓹蕣m蓹蕣藞za瑟伞蓹蕣t; 藢h蓲m-; 藢h蓹蕣m蓹蕣za瑟藞伞蓲t瑟k; 藢h蓲m- /
noun
- an animal or plant that is homozygous and breeds true to type Compare heterozygote
Derived Forms
- homozygotic, adjective
- 藢丑辞尘辞锄测藞驳辞蝉颈蝉, noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of homozygote1
Example Sentences
For one thing, 35delG homozygotes sometimes only have mild hearing impairment.
Some mouse and human studies have also found that CCR5螖32 homozygotes get more severe symptoms from influenza virus; however, other researchers dismiss this concern, pointing to conflicting epidemiologic analyses.
But the 1% who inherit the mutation from both parents鈥攕o-called homozygotes鈥攁re highly resistant: Studies show that if they鈥檙e exposed to HIV, they鈥檙e 100 times less likely to become infected.
Cultivated lines are homozygotes for the allele resulting in a biennial life cycle.
For the 6 homozygotes with two copies of the allele, however, the highest dose of 300 mg was 聽insufficient to achieve satisfactory platelet inhibition.
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