Meanings
plural homozygosities
- uncountableusuallyThe condition of being homozygous.
It depends on whether those runs of homozygosity contain recessive disease-causing mutations. All of us have some of these runs in our DNA—usually less than 1 percent of the genome in Western populations, higher in cultures where cousin marriage is common.
2024 March 18, Sarah Zhang, “DNA Tests Are Uncovering the True Prevalence of Incest”, in The Atlantic
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe state of being homozygous; having two identical alleles of the same gene
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian хомозиготност
- хомозиготност (homozigotnost)condition of being homozygous
French homozygotie
- homozygotiecondition of being homozygous
German Homozygotie, Reinerbigkeit
- Homozygotiecondition of being homozygous
- Reinerbigkeitcondition of being homozygous
- Homozygositätcondition of being homozygous
Polish homozygotyczność
- homozygotycznośćcondition of being homozygous
Cite this entry
homozygosity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homozygosity
“homozygosity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homozygosity. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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