1) State 2) The state of being homozygous 
Homozygosis ... The state of being homozygous. ... Origin: homo-+ G. Zygon, yoke ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(ho″mo-zi-gos´ĭ-te) the state of having a pair of identical alleles at a given locus. adj., homozy´gous, adj. .
Type: Term Pronunciation: hō′mō-zī-gos′i-tē, -zī-gō′sis Definitions: 1. The state of being homozygous.
Homozygosity: The state of possessing two identical forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent. For example, a girl who is homozygous for cystic fibrosis (CF) received the CF gene from both of her parents and therefore she has CF. The opposite of homozygous is heterozygous, the possession of two different forms of a particular gene,...
[n] - the state of being homozygous
homozygosity The state of possessing a pair of identical alleles at a given locus.
Term for the pure earthiness of living organisms, in contrast to the heterozygosity (mixed earthiness) which is predominant in the vine; see there. Heterozygosity Term for the existence of different characteristic variants (alleles) at the same gene locations of homologous chromosomes. A characteristic under consideration occurs twice in a dou...