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Definition of Homozygotes
1. homozygote [n] - See also: homozygote
Lexicographical Neighbors of Homozygotes
Literary usage of Homozygotes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science of Human Behavior: Biological and Psychological Foundations by Maurice Parmelee (1913)
"homozygotes and heterozygotes, 56. — The Mendelian explanation of particulate,
exclusive, and blended inheritance, 57.—Reversion or atavism, 59. ..."
2. Genetics: An Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1913)
"homozygotes AND HETEROZYGOTES A character which is present in the offspring in
double quantity because it was present in both parents is said by Bateson to ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"If homozygotes with respect to P hide the presence of M, ... If the homozygotes
with respect to B are responsible for the latency of M, some brown or brown ..."
4. Heredity and Environment in the Development of Men by Edwin Grant Conklin (1922)
"One-third of the dominants are also pure homozygotes, or "extracted" dominants,
and when self-fertilized produce only pure dominants. ..."
5. Genetics and Eugenics: A Text-book for Students of Biology and a Reference by William Ernest Castle (1916)
"All the homozygotes expected lie in the diagonal row of squares running from the
upper left to the - lower right corner of the figure. Compare Fig. 49. ..."
6. Mendel's principles of heredity: A Defence by William Bateson (1902)
"Now recognized as pure homozygotes. IT This seems almost certainly segregation
by flower-units, and is as yet inexplicable on any other hypothesis. ..."
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