homozygote
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homozygote
- /ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt/
Where it comes from
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".
noun homozygotes
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A diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.
Opposite: heterozygote
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noun a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci
| 中文 | 純合子 /纯合子 chúnhézǐ |
|---|---|
| Português | homozigoto |
| Français | homozygote |
| Deutsch | Homozygot |
| Italiano | omozigote |
| Русский | гомозиго́та gomozigóta |
Talk about this word "homozygote." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/homozygote. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. homozygote. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/homozygote "homozygote." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/homozygote.Cite this
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title = {homozygote},
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year = {2026},
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