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HETEROZYGOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci
Example:
heterozygous for eye color
Classified under:
Domain category:
genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)
Antonym:
homozygous (having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci)
Derivation:
heterozygosity (the state of being heterozygous; having two different alleles of the same gene)
Context examples:
A heterozygous genotype may include one normal allele and one mutation, or two different mutations.
(Heterozygosity, NCI Dictionary)
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