These two fruit flies are homozygous for red eye color. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Suppression of beta-1,3-glucanase transgene expression in homozygous plants. From Wordnik.com. [Advanced Information: The 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine] Reference
If the genotype is the same (BB or bb) it is called homozygous recessive or homozygous dominant. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
To date, every person confirmed as having vCJD has had a particular "homozygous" form of the human prion protein gene known as MM. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories] Reference
Volunteers must be homozygous for the DF508 CF mutation. From Wordnik.com. [Protein assist and chloride channel therapies] Reference
In the more severe homozygous form of FH, where functional. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1985 - Press Release] Reference
Babies born with homozygous achondroplasia usually die within a year. From Wordnik.com. [Law & Order: SVU tackles Ashley X case/genetic testing] Reference
Yes, in fact I would guess he is “homozygous” for the condition …. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Skater Johnny Weir not invited to participate in Stars on Ice because he is ‘not family friendly.’] Reference
The severe form of FH (homozygous) is rare, about one in a million people. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1985 - Press Release] Reference
They used the bone marrow of a person homozygous for the delta 32 mutation. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference
Nor do the authors address the behavior of homozygous HIGH MAOA or LOW MAOA. From Wordnik.com. [On Stalin, Child Abuse, and Crime - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Murray successfully transplanted a kidney between homozygous twins for the first time. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1990 - Press Release] Reference
Gary Struhl, then a graduate student with Peter Lawrence in Cambridge, showed us homozygous. From Wordnik.com. [Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard - Autobiography] Reference
There is no increased mortality in carriers, hardly any in folks who are homozygous for it. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Putting Lipstick on the Health-Reform Pig:] Reference
My stocks that were homozygous for the a allele had never given any indication of Dt action. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge] Reference
Murray was the first to successfully transplant one kidney from one homozygous twin to the other. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1990 - Press Release] Reference
When homozygous, the mutant would not allow the repair mechanism to operate in the cells of the plant. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Lecture The Significance of Responses of the Genome to Challenge] Reference
It turns out that homozygous carriers of the delta 32 mutation are more likely to die of West Nile Virus. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference
Fibroblasts from homozygous patients with FH were not inhibited since they lacked functional LDL-receptors. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1985 - Press Release] Reference
The HOXD13 homozygous variant A60A is more common in bilateral UDT and an abnormal adult sperm concentration. From Wordnik.com. [Urology Division Research] Reference
Of course, you can test the hypothesis by looking at the phenotype of a homozygous null mutant for that gene. From Wordnik.com. [A Dubious "Opportunity" for IDers] Reference
But they are pure lines - homozygous as a result of chromosome doubling for all gene pairs - and so they are stable. From Wordnik.com. [5 Breeding Triticale] Reference
But genetic diseases that show up only in an animal homozygous for a recessive trait can be carried silently for generations. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About Dogs] Reference
Now, in some of these cases stocks could even be obtained which were homozygous for the duplicated piece as well as for the original piece. From Wordnik.com. [Hermann J. Muller - Nobel Lecture] Reference
TPMT levels have also been associated with specific genotypes. 89% of the general population is homozygous for TPMTH and have a TPMT level of 13. 8-25.1 U/mL RBC. From Wordnik.com. [Clinical studies: IBD treatment safety] Reference
Perhaps the behaviour of inbred and homozygous mice is not the best theoretical guide to what may be expected of animals so obstinately heterozygous as human beings. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Medawar - Nobel Lecture] Reference
However, if you're one of those extremely rare people who inherit two copies of this gene, homozygous then you aren't just resistant to HIV but virtually immune to it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-11-01] Reference
In the classic human example, both a homozygous individual and a heterozygous one can have brown eyes, though the latter has one gene for brown eyes and one for blue eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth About Dogs] Reference
Hpt2 selectable marker in these XA21 homozygous lines. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
However, most homozygous deletions in cancer genomes are unexplained. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
Here we identified 2,428 somatic homozygous deletions in 746 cancer cell lines. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
MyD88/TLR3 double knockout mice were obtained by crossing single knockouts until homozygous for both genes. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
Strong phase 3 results in homozygous FH were presented at the American Heart Association meeting in November. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
As a reminder, our first filings are targeting the homozygous FH patients, as well as severe hypercholesterolemia. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
The data was published from a study that was conducted in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (hoFH). From Wordnik.com. [BNET Articles] Reference
We derived structural signatures that distinguish between homozygous deletions over recessive cancer genes and fragile sites. From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
They had a homozygous start-codon mutation in the peptidyl-prolyl isomerase B gene (PPIB), which results in a lack of cyclophilin. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
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