homozygous

/ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəs/ · adj

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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.

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