homozygous

1. 1.

   having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci

   “these two fruit flies are homozygous for red eye color”

   Antonymsheterozygous

   genetics

Questions about homozygous

What does homozygous mean?

homozygous means "having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci".

How many syllables are in homozygous?

homozygous has 4 syllables: ho-mo-zy-gous. The stress falls on "zy". In IPA it is /ˌhoʊmoʊˈzaɪɡəs/.

What is the opposite of homozygous?

The recorded antonyms are heterozygous.

Is homozygous a common word?

homozygous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.