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homozygote

/ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt/

Meanings
noun

纯合子，同型合子。

A diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.

Examples :

"Because both of Maria's parents have blue eyes, and blue eyes are recessive, Maria is a homozygote for the blue eye allele. "
因为玛丽亚的父母都有蓝色的眼睛，而蓝眼睛是隐性性状，所以玛丽亚是蓝眼睛基因的纯合子 (homozygote)，她的两个蓝眼睛基因是相同的。
biology organism

Related Words

Illustration individual

individual noun

/ˌɘndɘˈvɘd͡ʒɘl/ /ˌɪndəˈ-/

个人，个体

"He is an unusual individual."

他是个非常特别的人，是个独立的个体.

Illustration diploid

diploid noun

/ˈdɪplɔɪd/ /ˈdɪˌplɔɪd/

二倍体细胞，双倍体细胞

"The human body cell is a diploid, containing two sets of chromosomes. "

人体细胞是二倍体细胞，包含两套染色体。

Illustration equal

equal noun

/ˈiːkwəl/

平等的人，同等地位的人.

"This beer has no equal."

这啤酒独一无二，没有能和它相提并论的。

Illustration that

that noun

/ˈðæt/ /ˈd̪æt/ /ˈðɛt/

那个，那件事。

"My sister brought several books to the library, and that one is about dinosaurs. "

我姐姐带了几本书去图书馆，那本是关于恐龙的。

Illustration because

because adverb

/bɪˈkɒz/ /biˈkɔz/

因为，由于。

"I went to the park because the weather was nice. "

因为天气很好，所以我去了公园。

Illustration allele

allele noun

/ˈæ.liː.l/ /əˈ.liː.l/

等位基因，对偶基因。

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

我哥哥和我控制眼睛颜色的那个基因有不同的等位基因，所以我们眼睛颜色不一样。

Illustration maria

maria noun

/ˈmɑɹ.i.ə/

月海， 阴暗平原。

"From Earth, we could observe maria, the dark, ancient lava plains on the Moon, with just a pair of binoculars. "

从地球上，我们仅用一副双筒望远镜就能观察到月球上的“月海”，那些阴暗古老的熔岩平原。

Illustration parents

parents noun

/ˈpɛəɹənts/ /ˈpæɹənts/

父母，双亲。

"Many students invite their parents to school events. "

很多学生邀请他们的父母参加学校活动。

Illustration alleles

alleles noun

/əˈlilz/ /æˈlilz/

等位基因

"Because eye color is determined by genes, a person might have alleles for brown eyes and alleles for blue eyes. "

因为眼睛的颜色是由基因决定的，所以一个人可能拥有决定棕色眼睛的等位基因，同时也拥有决定蓝色眼睛的等位基因。

Illustration recessive

recessive noun

/rɪˈsɛsɪv/

隐性基因

"In genetics, a recessive can only express its trait if two copies of it are present. "

在遗传学中，只有当两个隐性基因同时存在时，隐性基因的性状才能表达出来。

Illustration genetic

genetic adjective

[d͡ʒəˈnɛtɪk]

遗传的，基因的

"My brother has a genetic predisposition to being a good athlete. "

我 弟弟 有 遗传 基因， 所以 很 有 运动 天赋。

Illustration more

more adverb

/ˈmɔː/ /ˈmɔɹ/

更，更加

"I could no more climb that than fly!"

我根本不可能爬上那个东西，就像我不可能飞起来一样！