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Meaning of homozygosity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The condition of being homozygous.

uncountable, usually

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Examples

“It depends on whether those runs of homozygosity contain recessive disease-causing mutations. All of us have some of these runs in our DNA—usually less than 1 percent of the genome in Western populations, higher in cultures where cousin marriage is common.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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