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homozygous

In a living organism, having two identical alleles for a given trait. Individuals homozygous for a trait always breed true; that is, they produce offspring that resemble them in appearance when bred with a genetically similar individual; inbred varieties or species are homozygous for almost all traits. Recessive alleles are only expressed in the homozygous condition. Heterozygous organisms have two different alleles for a given trait.


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An early experimental hut trial of ITNs in Cote d'Ivoire demonstrated a survival advantage of homozygotes for kdr resistance (8), whereas subsequent hut trials in adjacent resistant and susceptible populations showed no apparent difference in the effectiveness of ITNs between the 2 localities (9).
a) Reference category of homozygotes for the common gene allele (ALADI-1).
in South San Francisco produced fertile hpg homozygotes by introducing DNA fragments containing the mouse GnRH gene into normal eggs later implanted into surrogate mothers.
 
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