English Explanatory Dictionary

homozygote

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt/

Word forms

homozygote homozygotes

Etymology

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".

Antonyms

heterozygote

Related words

homozygous
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