homozygote
Meanings
Plural: homozygotes
Noun
- (genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic
- A diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.
Origin / Etymology
From homo- + zygote. Coined by English biologists William Bateson and by Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery".
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 28
homozygote is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordhomozygote is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
homozygote is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 28
homozygote is a valid Words With Friends word