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(genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic

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  1. n. (genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic
  2. n. (genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic