homozygous
adjective
ho·mo·zy·gous
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Definition of homozygous
: having the two genes at corresponding loci on homologous chromosomes identical for one or more loci
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Cooper’s jerboa project could easily turn out to need mice homozygous for 10 or more genes. — Quanta Magazine, "Gene Drives Work in Mice (if They’re Female)," 23 Jan. 2019 My wife is homozygous non-risk, for the FTO obesity region. — Nestor Ramos, BostonGlobe.com, "Will my genes doom my young daughter to a weight problem?," 31 Jan. 2018 At this stage Complete has validated a set of 57 homozygous insertion/deletion variants, all of which were called accurately by their platform, but this is far too small a data-set to be extrapolating to genome-wide error rates. — Daniel Macarthur, WIRED, "Broad Institute to use Complete Genomics to sequence genomes of cancer patients," 3 Mar. 2009These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'homozygous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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homozygous
adjective
ho·mo·zy·gous
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Medical Definition of homozygous
: having the two genes at corresponding loci on homologous chromosomes identical for one or more loci — compare heterozygous