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Meaning of "homozygous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOMOZYGOUS

homozygous  [ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOMOZYGOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Homozygous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HOMOZYGOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Zygosity

Zygosity is the degree of similarity of the alleles for a trait in an organism. Most eukaryotes have two matching sets of chromosomes; that is, they are diploid. Diploid organisms have the same loci on each of their two sets of homologous chromosomes, except that the sequences at these loci may differ between the two chromosomes in a matching pair and that a few chromosomes may be mismatched as part of a chromosomal sex-determination system. If both alleles of a diploid organism are the same, the organism is homozygous at that locus. If they are different, the organism is heterozygous at that locus. If one allele is missing, it is hemizygous, and, if both alleles are missing, it is nullizygous. The DNA sequence of a gene often varies from one individual to another. Those variations are called alleles. While some genes have only one allele because there is low variation, others have only one allele because only that allele can function properly. Any variation from the DNA sequence of that allele will be fatal in the embryo, and the organism will never survive to be born. But most genes have two or more alleles.

Definition of homozygous in the English dictionary

The definition of homozygous in the dictionary is having identical alleles for any one gene.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOMOZYGOUS


azygos
ˈæzɪɡəs
azygous
ˈæzɪɡəs
callipygous
ˌkælɪˈpaɪɡəs
choragus
kɔːˈreɪɡəs
hemizygous
ˌhɛmɪˈzaɪɡəs
heterozygous
ˌhɛtərəʊˈzaɪɡəs
magus
ˈmeɪɡəs
monozygous
ˌmɒnəʊˈzaɪɡəs
monzygous
ˌmɒnəʊˈzaɪɡəs
Noviomagus
ˌnəʊvɪəʊˈmeɪɡəs
pemphigous
ˈpɛmfɪɡəs
pemphigus
ˈpɛmfɪɡəs
pompholygous
pɒmˈfɒlɪɡəs
steatopygous
ˌstɪəˈtɒpɪɡəs
Tagus
ˈteɪɡəs
tragus
ˈtreɪɡəs
vagus
ˈveɪɡəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOMOZYGOUS

homotaxic
homotaxis
homothallic
homothallism
homothally
homothermal
homothermic
homothermous
homothermy
homotonic
homotonous
homotony
homotransplant
homotype
Homousian
homozygosis
homozygosity
homozygote
homozygotic
homozygously

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOMOZYGOUS

analogous
anthropophagous
antilogous
autologous
fungous
hematophagous
heterologous
homologous
humongous
humungous
lithophagous
meliphagous
multijugous
necrophagous
nonhomologous
ophiophagous
pantophagous
phytophagous
polyphagous
wrongous

Synonyms and antonyms of homozygous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «homozygous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOMOZYGOUS

Find out the translation of homozygous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of homozygous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «homozygous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

纯合子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

homocigotos
570 millions of speakers

English

homozygous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समयुग्मक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متماثلة اللواقح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гомозиготны
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

homozigoto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হোমোজাইগস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

homozygote
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Homozygous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

homozygot
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ホモ接合性の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

동형 접합
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Homozygous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đồng hợp tử
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹோமோசைகோவஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समलिंगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

homozigot
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

omozigote
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

homozygotyczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гомозиготні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

homozigot
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ομόζυγο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

homosigoties
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

homozygot
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

homozygot
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of homozygous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMOZYGOUS»

The term «homozygous» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.579 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOMOZYGOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about homozygous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOMOZYGOUS»

Discover the use of homozygous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to homozygous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Modern Livestock & Poultry Production
Homozygous and Heterozygous Gene Pairs A homozygous gene pair is one that carries two genes for a trait. For example, a polled cow might carry the gene pair PP. A horned cow must carry the gene pair pp. For a cow to have horns, it must ...
James Gillespie, Frank Flanders, 2009
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Principles of Medical Genetics
All of the offspring of an individual homozygous tor a mutant allele causing an autosomal recessive disease are obligate heterozygous carriers, assuming that the mating is between a homozygous affected and a homozygous normal individual ...
Thomas D. Gelehrter, Francis S. Collins, David Ginsburg, 1998
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Transgenic Animals
If a cheap test is not available and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has to be used, the cost of such breeding is, in our hands, approximately 4 to 5 times that of breeding a colony homozygous for the transgene. For this reason, and when the  ...
Louis-Marie Houdebine, 1997
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Introductory Botany: Plants, People, and the Environment, ...
STUDY OUTLINE 1 Define the following terms relating to genetic inheritance: dominant and recessive; homozygous and heterozygous; genotype and phenotype. A dominant allele is always expressed when it is present; a recessive allele is ...
Linda Berg, 2007
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Hematology/oncology Secrets
It is estimated that about 20 gm of excess iron is necessary to cause clinically significant disease; therefore, individuals with homozygous hemochromatosis. particularly women, may never accumulate this much excess iron in the period of the ...
‎2003
6
Competition Science Vision
9. Which one can have sex chromosomes ? (A) Unisexual flower (B) Bisexual flower (C) Unisexual plant (D) Hermaphrodite plant 10. If a heterozygous tall plant is crossed with homozygous dwarf plant, the proportion of dwarf progeny would ...
7
Science Units for Grades 9-12
1 . homozygous black-fur/black-eye x homozygous black-fur/black-eye (FFEE x FFEE) 2 . homozygous black-fur/black-eye x homozygous white-fur/red-eye ( FFEE x ffee) 3 . two offspring from second experiment (FfEe x FfEe) 4 . heterozygous ...
Randy L. Bell, Joe Garofalo, 2005
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Thomas' Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
*Recipient and donor are related and share HLA haplotype. tNumber of mismatches at HLA-A. -B or-DR loci. tlncompatible antigens are represented in bold. H LA-C group 1 HLA-C group 2 *One additional rare. Parental sharing Homozygous ...
E. Donnall Thomas, Karl G. Blume, Stephen J. Forman, 2004
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Quantitative Genetics and Selection in Plant Breeding
6. Selection. between. clones. and. homozygous. lines. Each breeding program consists of two different phases. In the first phase genetic variability is produced. In the second phase this genetic variability is reduced by selection. In this chapter  ...
Günter Wricke, W. Eberhard Weber, Eberhard Weber, 1986
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Quantitative Genetics in Maize Breeding
1.3.5.1 Homozygous Diploids Production of homozygous diploids of maize from monoploids (e.g., haploids) was outlined by Chase (1952a, b) as a new technique for inbred line development (e.g., doubled haploids). Use of the method ...
Arnel R. Hallauer, Marcelo J. Carena, J.B. Miranda Filho, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOMOZYGOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term homozygous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Parent-progeny sequencing indicates higher mutation rates in …
In a genome that is a patchwork of heterozygous and homozygous domains, mutations occur disproportionately more often in the heterozygous domains. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Genetics: Feedforward loop for diversity
In inbred organisms, most genetic regions are homozygous — they are identical on both chromosomes (completely homozygous chromosomes ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
BMC Bioinformatics | Full text | Joint haplotype assembly and …
If the two alleles at a SNP site are same, the SNP site is homozygous; if they are different, it is heterozygous. SNP calling is concerned with ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
4
CymaBay Therapeutics Announces Pricing of $20 Million Public …
CymaBay has initiated a pilot study of MBX-8025 in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Forward-Looking Statement ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
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Cerenis Therapeutics Announces the Results of the LOCATION …
... patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, and in post-ACS patients. We will be submitting the full results from the LOCATION ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
6
Molecular genetics and pathogenesis of cardiomyopathy - Nature
In addition, we also reported that homozygous patients showed ..... the DCM-associated TNNI3 mutation was found in homozygous state. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
7
Analyst Perspectives on Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ …
... patients with a inherited lipid disorder called homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). The Company conducted a 78-week Phase ... «Markets Daily, Jul 15»
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Retrophin Stock Rating Upgraded by Zacks (RTRX) | WKRB News …
Its Thiola is used for the prevention of cystine (kidney) stone formation in patients with severe homozygous cystinuria. Chenodal is a tablet of ... «WKRB News, Jul 15»
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Novel and recurrent CIB2 variants, associated with nonsyndromic …
Here, a novel homozygous missense variant c.196C>T and compound heterozygous variants, c.[97C>T];[196C>T], were found, respectively, ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Missense variants in AIMP1 gene are implicated in autosomal …
By the combination of homozygosity mapping and next generation sequencing, we identified two homozygous missense variants, p. «Nature.com, Jul 15»

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