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homozygous

/ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəs/

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

Examples :

"Since both of Sarah's parents have blue eyes and she also has blue eyes, she is homozygous for the blue eye allele. "
biology organism

Related Words

Illustration copies

copies noun

/ˈkɒpiz/ /ˈkɑpiz/

The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.

"Please bring me the copies of those reports."

Illustration organism

organism noun

/ˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/ /ˈɔɹ.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/

A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.

"The single-celled organism was studied by the biology students in their science class. "

Illustration given

given verb

/ˈɡɪ.vən/

(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

"The teacher gave the students a new assignment. "

Illustration allele

allele noun

/ˈæ.liː.l/ /əˈ.liː.l/

One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.

"My brother and I have different alleles for the gene that controls eye color. "

Illustration have

have noun

/hæv/ /həv/

A wealthy or privileged person.

"The wealthy have in our town often send their children to private schools. "

Illustration gene

gene noun

/dʒiːn/

A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.

"My brother inherited the gene for brown eyes from his mother. "

Illustration parents

parents noun

/ˈpɛəɹənts/ /ˈpæɹənts/

One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.

"Many students invite their parents to school events. "

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blue noun

/bluː/ /blu/ /blɪʊ̯/

The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.

"The sky was a beautiful blue this morning. "

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which pronoun

/wɪt͡ʃ/

(interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).

"By now, you must surely know which is which."

Illustration both

both pronoun

/bəʊθ/ /boʊθ/

Each of the two, or of the two kinds.

""Did you want this one or that one?" — "Give me both.""

Illustration same

same adjective

/seɪm/

Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.

"Are you the same person who phoned me yesterday?"

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since adverb

/sɪns/

From a specified time in the past.

"A short/long time since"