homozygous

Meanings

adjectivehomozygous (comparative more homozygous, superlative most homozygous)

adjectivehaving identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci

Opposite

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Bulgarian хомозиготен

хомозиготен (homozigoten)of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele

French homozygote

homozygoteof an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele

German reinerbig, homozygot

reinerbigof an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele
homozygotof an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele

Irish homaisigeach

homaisigeachof an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele

Italian omozigote

omozigoteof an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele

Māori iraruarite

iraruariteof an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele

Polish homozygotyczny

homozygotycznyof an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele

Portuguese homozigoto

homozigotoof an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele

Spanish homocigótico

homocigóticoof an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele

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