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HOMOZYGOTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("homozygote" is a kind of...):
fertilized ovum; zygote ((genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell))
Domain category:
genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)