"homozygosity" meaning in All languages combined

See homozygosity on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: homozygosities [plural]
Etymology: From homozygous + -ity. Etymology templates: {{af|en|homozygous|-ity}} homozygous + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} homozygosity (usually uncountable, plural homozygosities)
  1. The condition of being homozygous. Tags: uncountable, usually Related terms: heterozygosity, homozygous, zygosity Translations (condition of being homozygous): хомозиготност (homozigotnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), homozygotie [feminine] (French), Homozygotie [feminine] (German), Reinerbigkeit [feminine] (German), Homozygosität [feminine] (German), homozygotyczność [feminine] (Polish)

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