noun
- Plural of homozygosis; the state or condition of being homozygous, in which an organism carries two identical alleles for a particular gene.
Usage: technical; biology; genetics
Examples
- The homozygoses of recessive alleles can result in the expression of recessive traits.
- Geneticists study homozygoses to understand inheritance patterns in populations.
- Complete homozygoses for a trait means both parents contributed identical alleles.
- The degree of homozygoses in a breeding population affects genetic diversity.