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Words containing zygo

5 letter words containing zygo

  • zygo- — indicating a pair or a union
  • zygon — (anatomy, plural

6 letter words containing zygo

  • azygos — a biological structure not in a pair
  • zygoid — Of a zygote.
  • zygoma — zygomatic arch.
  • zygose — the union of two gametes; conjugation.
  • zygote — the cell produced by the union of two gametes, before it undergoes cleavage.

7 letter words containing zygo

  • azygous — developing or occurring singly
  • zygomas — Plural form of zygoma.
  • zygosis — the union of two gametes; conjugation.
  • zygotes — Plural form of zygote.
  • zygotic — of or relating to a zygote.

8 letter words containing zygo

  • dizygous — Dizygotic.
  • zygodont — possessing paired ridges on the molar teeth
  • zygosity — the characterization of an individual's hereditary traits in terms of gene pairing in the zygote from which it developed. Compare homozygous, heterozygous.
  • zygotene — the second stage of prophase in meiosis, during which strands of homologous chromosomes line up and become pairs.

9 letter words containing zygo

  • dizygotic — developed from two fertilized ova, as fraternal twins.
  • zygomatic — of, relating to, or situated near the zygoma.
  • zygophore — (in certain fungi) any of several specialized branches of hyphae, bearing the isogametes that unite to produce a zygospore.
  • zygophyte — a plant that reproduces by means of zygospores.
  • zygosperm — (botany) A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. Zygosperms are found in certain orders of alg\u00e6 and fungi.

10 letter words containing zygo

  • azygospore — a thick-walled spore produced by parthenogenesis in certain algae and fungi
  • hemizygote — an individual having only one of a given pair of genes.
  • hemizygous — an individual having only one of a given pair of genes.
  • homozygote — an organism with identical pairs of genes with respect to any given pair of hereditary characters, and therefore breeding true for that character.
  • homozygous — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.

11 letter words containing zygo

  • homozygosis — the state of being a homozygote.
  • homozygotes — Plural form of homozygote.
  • monozygotic — developed from a single fertilized ovum, as identical twins.
  • zygocardiac — relating to a small bone in the stomach of a crayfish and other crustaceans
  • zygodactyls — Plural form of zygodactyl.

12 letter words containing zygo

  • cryptozygous — having the skull broad and the face narrow.
  • heterozygote — a hybrid containing genes for two unlike forms of a characteristic, and therefore not breeding true to type.
  • heterozygous — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
  • homo-zygotic — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
  • homozygosity — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.

13 letter words containing zygo

  • heterozygosis — the state of being a heterozygote.
  • heterozygotes — a hybrid containing genes for two unlike forms of a characteristic, and therefore not breeding true to type.
  • heterozygotic — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
  • zygodactylous — Also, zygodactylous. (of a bird) having the toes of each foot arranged in pairs, with two toes in front and two behind.
  • zygosporangia — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.

14 letter words containing zygo

  • heterozygosity — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
  • zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus
  • zygosporangium — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.

15 letter words containing zygo

  • zygophyllaceous — belonging to the Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family of plants.

16 letter words containing zygo

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