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homozygote

/ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
ho-mozy-gote
IPA
/ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt/
28
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.

Etymology

From homo- + zygote. Coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery".

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

homozygotes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

homozygous

Antonyms

heterozygote

Rhymes With

zygote

Questions

How do you pronounce homozygote?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt/.
What does homozygote mean?
A diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.
Where does homozygote come from?
From homo- + zygote. Coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery".

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