heterozygous
relating to or being a heterozygote, an organism that possesses a pair of differing alleles, one dominant and one recessive, of a particular gene.
Origin of heterozygous
1- Also het·er·o·zy·got·ic [het-uh-roh-zahy-got-ik]. /ˌhɛt ə roʊ zaɪˈgɒt ɪk/.
Other words from heterozygous
- het·er·o·zy·gos·i·ty [het-uh-roh-zahy-gos-i-tee], /ˌhɛt ə roʊ zaɪˈgɒs ɪ ti/, noun
Words Nearby heterozygous
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How to use heterozygous in a sentence
This would indicate that the frog belongs to those animals in which the male is heterozygous for sex.
The Organism as a Whole | Jacques LoebBeing heterozygous for two factors they will produce four kinds of gametes in equal numbers, viz.
Mendelism | Reginald Crundall PunnettSuch birds being heterozygous for the inhibitor factor, should be whites showing some coloured "ticks."
Mendelism | Reginald Crundall PunnettThe cross between a heterozygous dominant and a recessive also leads to equal numbers of recessives and of heterozygous dominants.
Mendelism | Reginald Crundall PunnettThere exists repulsion between the factors G and F in a zygote which is heterozygous for them both.
Mendelism | Reginald Crundall Punnett
British Dictionary definitions for heterozygous
/ (ˌhɛtərəʊˈzaɪɡəs) /
genetics (of an organism) having different alleles for any one gene: heterozygous for eye colour Compare homozygous
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Scientific definitions for heterozygous
[ hĕt′ər-ə-zī′gəs ]
Relating to a cell that has two different alleles at corresponding positions on homologous chromosomes. Compare homozygous.
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