HOMOZYGOTE


Meaning of HOMOZYGOTE in English

/hoh'meuh zuy"goht, -zig"oht, hom'euh-/ , n. Biol.

an organism with identical pairs of genes with respect to any given pair of hereditary characters, and therefore breeding true for that character.

[ 1900-05; HOMO- + ZYGOTE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .