Definition of "homozygosity" [homozygosity]

• The condition of being homozygous (noun)

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• "When the leukemia relapsed after 7 months, the patient received allogeneic stem-cell transplantation with CD34-positive peripheral-blood stem cells from a donor who had been screened for homozygosity for the 32-bp deletion."
• ""This observation is remarkable because homozygosity for CCR5 delta32 is associated with high but not complete resistance to HIV-1," he noted."
• "[26] Jaenisch R. Germ line integration of moloney leukemia virus: effect of homozygosity at the m-mulV locus."