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Which word is a synonym to homozygous dominant?

Asked by Anthony ercolino, Last updated: Oct 25, 2024

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John Smith

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John Smith
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Answered May 20, 2017

Purebred
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C. Bernthal

C. Bernthal

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C. Bernthal, Teacher, MA, P.hD, Seattle

Answered Jan 02, 2019

There is a nearest-to-meaning amongst these answers but not truly a synonym. Purebred is a popular but unscientific word, but it gives the idea of a lack of influence from other allelles. Zygosity is the degree of similarity of the alleles for a trait in an organism.

To by homozygous the alleles will be similar at corresponding chromosomal positions in order to produce the trait - such as red-eyed - for we are talking of all species here, not just humans. Zygosity pertains to the study of Genetics, which began as a science by the study of fruit flies.

Basically, a homozygous cell or organism has two of the same form of a particular gene for a set trait.

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John Adney

John Adney

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Answered May 29, 2017

This word is new to me .. (to to to to) -> Ignore whats in brackets
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