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Homozygosity
Definition 1
Having two identical allelic forms of a gene, one inherited from each parent, on each of the two homologous chromosomes. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Occurs when both alleles at a particular gene locus are the same. A person may be homozygous for the normal allele or for a mutation. (NCI Dictionary)
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