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HETEROZYGOUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci

Example:

heterozygous for eye color

Classified under:

Adjectives

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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A heterozygous genotype may include one normal allele and one mutation, or two different mutations.

(Heterozygosity, NCI Dictionary)