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homozygous

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəs/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós)der. English homo- English -zygous English homozygous From homo- + -zygous.

  1. Of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele