# homozygote

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəʊt/

## Definitions
1. A diploid individual that has equal alleles at one or more genetic loci.

## Etymology
From homo- + zygote. Coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery".

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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