HOMOZYGOUS

homozygous

(adjective) having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci; “these two fruit flies are homozygous for red eye color”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

homozygous (comparative more homozygous, superlative most homozygous)

Of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

28 December 2024

ACERVULUS

(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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