Homozygosity

Homozygosity
The state of possessing two identical forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent. For example, a girl who is homozygous for cystic fibrosis (CF) received the CF gene from both of her parents and therefore she has CF. The opposite of homozygous is heterozygous, the possession of two different forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent. For example, the father and mother of a CF child are heterozygotes for cystic fibrosis (CF). Each carries one normal gene and one CF gene but has no signs or symptoms of the disease.

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ho·mo·zy·gos·i·ty -'gäs-ət-ē n, pl -ties the state of being homozygous

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ho·mo·zy·gos·i·ty (ho″mo-zi-gosґĭ-te) [homo- + -zygosity] the state of possessing a pair of identical alleles at a given locus. Cf. heterozygosity. homozygous adj

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  • homozygosity — homozygosity. См. гомозиготность. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • homozygosity — homozygosity. = homozygosis (см.). (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • homozygosity — noun Date: 1916 the state of being homozygous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • homozygosity — n. [Gr. homos, same; zygon, yoke] Quality or condition of bearing two identical alleles at one or more loci in homologous chromosome segments; see heterozygosity …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • homozygosity — See homozygous. * * * …   Universalium

  • homozygosity — noun The condition of being homozygous …   Wiktionary

  • homozygosity — n. homozygotic condition, condition in which an organism has stable genetic traits which are passed on to its offspring …   English contemporary dictionary

  • homozygosity — homo·zygosity …   English syllables

  • homozygosity — noun the state of being homozygous; having two identical alleles of the same gene • Ant: ↑heterozygosity • Derivationally related forms: ↑homozygous • Hypernyms: ↑state * * * “+ noun ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • homozygosity, homozygosis — The state of being homozygous. [homo + G. zygon, yoke] …   Medical dictionary

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