heterozygote

[ het-er-uh-zahy-goht, -zig-oht ]

noun

, Genetics.

1. a person, animal, or other organism with a pair of differing alleles, one dominant and one recessive, of a particular gene.

heterozygote

/ ˌhɛtərəʊˈzaɪɡəʊt; -ˈzɪɡəʊt /

noun

1. See homozygote
   an animal or plant that is heterozygous; a hybrid Compare homozygote

Derived Forms

• ˌheterozyˈgosis, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of heterozygote¹

First recorded in 1900–05; hetero- + zygote

Example Sentences

The heterozygote produced by crossing these forms is intermediate in size and appearance.

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Heterozygote (different yolk), a zygotic individual which contains both members of an allelomorphic pair.

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If the individual was really a heterozygote, approximately fifty per cent.

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Eosin is allelomorphic to white and the white-eosin compound or heterozygote has the color of the eosin male.

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In this character, then, dominance almost always fails to show itself in the heterozygote and often fails in pure dominants.

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