Heterozygote
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
(genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Heterozygotes
- possessive
- Heterozygote's
- pluralpossessive
- Heterozygotes'