heterozygote meaning

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heterozygote (noun): (genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring.

Definition of heterozygote

  1. (genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring

    Type of: zygote

Scrabble score: 28 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with HE · words ending in TE · 12-letter words

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