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Glossary Genetics / Term

homozygous

Possessing two identical forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent.

Dr. Robert Nussbaum, of the National Human Genome Research Institute's Laboratory of Genetic Disease Research, defines homozygous.

Related terms: chromosome, gene, inherited.

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