How to use in-sentence of “homozygous”:
+ A fixed allele is homozygous for all members of the population.
+ Some of the homozygous genes will be “deleterious recessives” which would normally be shielded by a dominant allele.
+ Three genotypes are possible in a population: Hb homozygous for sickle cell anaemia.
+ Cross-breeding the white mice produces 50% of offspring which are homozygous for the marker, and so pure-bred for the experimental gene being inserted.
+ Fewer genes are under-expressed in the homozygous individual.
