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homozygosis

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homozygosis /ho·mo·zy·go·sis/ (-zi-go´sis) the formation of a zygote by the union of gametes that have one or more identical alleles.
homozygosis
[hō′mōzīgō′sis]
Etymology: Gk, homos + zygon, yoke
1 the formation of a zygote by the union of two gametes that have one or more pairs of identical alleles.
2 the production of purebred organisms or strains through in-breeding.

homozygosis [ho″mo-zi-go´sis]
the formation of a zygote by the union of gametes that have one or more identical alleles.

homozygosis
the formation of a zygote by the union of gametes that have one or more identical alleles.


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Another patient carried the DQ8 molecule encoded by the DQB1*0302 allele, and the remaining patient had the haplotype DQB1*0501 in homozygosis (15).
 
 
 
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