noun
- The plural of homozygosity; the state or condition of being homozygous (having two identical alleles for a particular gene).
Usage: technical; genetics
Examples
- The study measured homozygosities across multiple genetic loci in the population.
- High levels of homozygosities can indicate inbreeding in a population.
- Researchers compared homozygosities between isolated and mixed populations.
- The genome showed varying degrees of homozygosities at different chromosomal regions.
- Homozygosities increase when organisms reproduce with close relatives.