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homozygosis

homozygosis

English

Noun

homozygosis (plural homozygoses)

  1. zygosis involving gametes that share at lease one common allele
    • 2015 July 21, “Contribution of Chromosomes 1H ch S and 6H ch S to Fertility Restoration in the Wheat msH1 CMS System under Different Environmental Conditions”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0121479:
      The acrocentric chromosome restored fertility even in monosomic condition, in contrast to chromosome 6H ch S which only fully restored fertility when present in homozygosis.