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heterozygosity

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het⋅er⋅o⋅zy⋅gous

  [het-er-uh-zahy-guhs]
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–adjective Biology.
1. having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
2. of or pertaining to a heterozygote.
Also, het⋅er⋅o⋅zy⋅got⋅ic  [het-uh-roh-zahy-got-ik] .

Origin:
1900–05; hetero- + Gk zygós, adj. deriv. of zygón yolk; see -ous

Related forms:
het⋅er⋅o⋅zy⋅gos⋅i⋅ty  [het-uh-roh-zahy-gos-i-tee] , noun
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het·er·o·zy·gous   (hět'ər-ə-zī'gəs)   
adj.  

  1. Having different alleles at one or more corresponding chromosomal loci.

  2. Of or relating to a heterozygote.

het'er·o·zy·gos'i·ty (-ə-rō-zī-gŏs'ĭ-tē)
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Main Entry: het·ero·zy·gos·i·ty
Pronunciation: -'gäs-&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
: the state of being heterozygous

Main Entry: het·ero·zy·gous
Pronunciation: -g&s
Function: adjective
: having the two genes at corresponding loci on homologouschromosomes different for one or more loci —compare HOMOZYGOUS
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heterozygosity het·er·o·zy·gos·i·ty (hět'ə-rō-zī-gŏs'ĭ-tē)
n.
The state of being heterozygous.

heterozygous het·er·o·zy·gous (hět'ər-ə-zī'gəs)
adj.

  1. Having different alleles at one or more corresponding chromosomal loci.

  2. Of or relating to a heterozygote.

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