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HOMOZYGOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci
Example:
these two fruit flies are homozygous for red eye color
Classified under:
Domain category:
genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)
Antonym:
heterozygous (having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci)
Derivation:
homozygosity (the state of being homozygous; having two identical alleles of the same gene)
Context examples:
The method identifies those regions of the genome that are aberrant more often than would be expected by chance, with greater weight given to high-amplitude events (high-level copy-number gains or homozygous deletions) that are less likely to represent random aberrations.
(GISTIC, NCI Thesaurus)
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