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Meaning of heterozygote

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

heterozygote

noun

Definitions

  1. A diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci.

  2. A bacteriophage that has two different copies of its genetic material and so produces two types of offspring.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heterozygote

Related words

homozygotedihybridheteroalleleheterogenotypeheterodiploidhomoalleleheterozygosisdiplotype