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homozygosis

homozygosis noun: zygosis involving gametes that share at lease one common allele.

Noun

homozygosis (countable and uncountable, plural homozygoses)

  1. zygosis involving gametes that share at lease one common allele
    • The acrocentric chromosome restored fertility even in monosomic condition, in contrast to chromosome 6H ch S which only fully restored fertility when present in homozygosis.2015 July 21, “Contribution of Chromosomes 1H ch S and 6H ch S to Fertility Restoration in the Wheat msH1 CMS System under Different Environmental Conditions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of homozygosis

pluralhomozygoses

Origin of homozygosis

From homo- + zygosis.

Questions about homozygosis

What does homozygosis mean?
Homozygosis means zygosis involving gametes that share at lease one common allele.
What part of speech is homozygosis?
Homozygosis is a noun.
What is the plural of homozygosis?
The plural of homozygosis is homozygoses.

Words near homozygosis in the dictionary

  1. homozigous
  2. homozygeous
  3. homozygocity
  4. homozygosed
  5. homozygoses
  6. homozygosis
  7. homozygosities
  8. homozygosity
  9. homozygote
  10. homozygotes
  11. homozygotic

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