What does heterozygote mean?
Definitions for heterozygote
ˌhɛt ər əˈzaɪ goʊt, -ˈzɪg oʊthet·erozy·gote
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Princeton's WordNet
heterozygotenoun
(genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring
Wiktionary
heterozygotenoun
A diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci.
heterozygotenoun
A bacteriophage that has two different copies of its genetic material and so produces two types of offspring.
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heterozygote
A heterozygote is an individual organism that has two different alleles at a specific genetic location, or locus, in its DNA. This term is commonly used in the context of genetics and it implies that the individual inherited two different versions of a particular gene, one from each parent.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Heterozygote
An individual having different alleles at one or more loci regarding a specific character.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of heterozygote in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of heterozygote in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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