Heterozygote Definition

hĕtə-rō-zīgōt
heterozygotes
noun
A plant or animal having two different alleles at a single locus on a chromosome, and hence not breeding true for the particular character involved; hybrid.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Heterozygote

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Singular:
heterozygote
Plural:
heterozygotes

Origin of Heterozygote

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