homozygote in English
noun
1
an individual having two identical alleles of a particular gene or genes and so breeding true for the corresponding characteristic.
This is because inbred individuals are more likely to express deleterious alleles as homozygotes than are outbreds.
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1. The relative variances of the heterozygote frequencies ordinarily were lower than those of the homozygote frequencies.
2. Since the normal conditions of red eyes and straight wings are dominant over the recessive traits pink eyes and curled wings - , the genotype of the double dominant homozygote with red eyes and straight wings is AA / BB whereas that of the double recessive homozygote with pink eyes and curled wings is aa / bb .