homozygote
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From homo- + zygote. Coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery".
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]homozygote (plural homozygotes)
- (genetics) A diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.
- Antonym: heterozygote
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[edit]Translations
[edit]a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci
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German
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Adjective
[edit]homozygote
- inflection of homozygot:
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