Organism Attribute
homozygote Audio
ho·mo·zy·gote [ hoh-muh-zahy-goht, -zig-oht, hom-uh- ]
Subclass of:
Genotype
Definitions related to homozygote:
  • An individual in which both alleles at a given locus are identical.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • An individual or cell characterized by having identical alleles at one or more loci in homologous chromosome segments.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (homozygosity) Having two identical allelic forms of a gene, one inherited from each parent, on each of the two homologous chromosomes.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (homozygous genotype) Occurs when both alleles at a particular gene locus are the same. A person may be homozygous for the normal allele or for a mutation.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Homozygote, an organism with identical pairs of genes (or alleles) for a specific trait. If both of the two gametes (sex cells) that fuse during fertilization carry the same form of the gene for a specific trait, the organism is said to be homozygous for that trait. In a heterozygous organism, or...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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