HyperDic: homozygote

English > 1 sense of the word homozygote:
NOUNbodyhomozygote(genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic
homozygote > pronunciation
Soundshhow.mowzay'gowt
Rhymesafloat ... zygote: 61 rhymes with owt...
English > homozygote: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning(genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic.
Categorygenetics, genetic scienceThe branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
Broaderzygote, fertilized ovum(genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)
Spanishhomocigoto, homozigoto
Catalanhomozigot

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