| NOUN | body | heterozygote | (genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring |
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| Meaning | (genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring. | |
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| Category | genetics, genetic science | The branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms |
| Broader | zygote, fertilized ovum | (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell) |
| Spanish | heterocigoto, heterozigoto | |
| Catalan | heterozigot | |
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