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autozygous

autozygous adjective: being a genotype of a kind where two alleles at a locus originate from a common ancestor by way of nonrandom mating (inbreeding).

Adjective

autozygous (not comparable)

  1. Being a genotype of a kind where two alleles at a locus originate from a common ancestor by way of nonrandom mating (inbreeding).

Origin of autozygous

From auto- + -zygous.

Words formed from autozygous

Questions about autozygous

What does autozygous mean?
Autozygous means being a genotype of a kind where two alleles at a locus originate from a common ancestor by way of nonrandom mating (inbreeding).
What part of speech is autozygous?
Autozygous is an adjective.

Words near autozygous in the dictionary

  1. autozoom
  2. autozoophilia
  3. autozygome
  4. autozygomes
  5. autozygosity
  6. autozygous
  7. autrefois acquit
  8. autrefois convict
  9. Autrey
  10. Autreys
  11. Autry

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