homozygote

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/ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt/

noun

A diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.

Opposite
heterozygote
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Meanings

nounhomozygote (plural homozygotes)

plural homozygotes

  1. biologyA diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.

    Antonyms: heterozygote

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.

Opposite
heterozygote

Origin

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".

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Translations

Bulgarian хомозигот
  • хомозигот (homozigot)a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci
Catalan homozigot
  • homozigota diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci
Chinese Mandarin 純合子 /纯合子
  • 純合子 /纯合子 (chúnhézǐ)a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci
Finnish homotsygootti
  • homotsygoottia diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci
French homozygote
  • homozygotea diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci
German Homozygot
  • Homozygota diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci
Irish homaisiogót
  • homaisiogóta diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci
Italian omozigote
  • omozigotea diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci
Polish homozygota
  • homozygotaa diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci
Portuguese homozigoto
  • homozigotoa diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci
Russian гомозиго́та
  • гомозиго́та (gomozigóta)a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci
Cite this entry
APA

homozygote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homozygote

MLA

“homozygote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homozygote. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homozygote,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homozygote.

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