亚洲网紅露点

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homozygote

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

noun

Biology.
  1. 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

  1. an animal or plant that is homozygous and breeds true to type Compare heterozygote
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • homozygotic, adjective
  • 藢丑辞尘辞锄测藞驳辞蝉颈蝉, noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of homozygote1

First recorded in 1900鈥05; homo- + zygote
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Example Sentences

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For one thing, 35delG homozygotes sometimes only have mild hearing impairment.

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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.

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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.

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Cultivated lines are homozygotes for the allele resulting in a biennial life cycle.

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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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