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homozygote

/ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt/

homozygote noun: a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.

Noun

homozygote (plural homozygotes)

  1. A diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.
    Antonyms:
    heterozygote

homozygote meaning in Tamil

homozygote in Tamil

சீரினவகைக் கருமூலம், ஒத்த பாலணுக்களின் இணைவு, சமநுகம், ஒன்றுபடு கருமுட்டை

Antonyms of homozygote

Forms of homozygote

pluralhomozygotes

Origin of homozygote

From homo- + zygote. Coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery".

Questions about homozygote

What does homozygote mean?
Homozygote means a diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.
What is homozygote in Tamil?
Homozygote in Tamil is சீரினவகைக் கருமூலம், ஒத்த பாலணுக்களின் இணைவு, சமநுகம். See Homozygote meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is homozygote?
Homozygote is a noun.
How do you pronounce homozygote?
Homozygote is pronounced /ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt/.
What is the plural of homozygote?
The plural of homozygote is homozygotes.

Words near homozygote in the dictionary

  1. homozygosed
  2. homozygoses
  3. homozygosis
  4. homozygosities
  5. homozygosity
  6. homozygote
  7. homozygotes
  8. homozygotic
  9. homozygous
  10. homozygousity
  11. homozygously

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