Zygosity
DEGREE OF SIMILARITY OF THE ALLELES FOR A TRAIT IN AN ORGANISM; DESCRIPTION OF WHETHER TWO ALLELES HAVE IDENTICAL OR DIFFERENT DNA SEQUENCES
Heterozygote; Heterozygous; Homozygous; Heterozygotes; Homozygosity; Hemizygote; Homozygotes; Heterozygosity; Hemizygous; Split (animal and plant breeding); Split (genetics); Intercross; Genetic split; Homozygous gene pair; Homozygous, Heterozygous and Hemizygous; Allozygous; Allozygosity; Autozygous; Autozygosity; Hemizygous gene; Heterozygotic; Homozygosite; Homozygote; Hemizygosity; Heterozygously; Heterozygousness; Heterozygous DNA; Homozygotic; Autozygote; Expected heterozygosity; Homozygous individual; Homozygous recessive individual; Homozygously
Zygosity (the noun, zygote, is from the Greek "yoked," from "yoke") () is the degree to which both copies of a chromosome or gene have the same genetic sequence. In other words, it is the degree of similarity of the alleles in an organism.