heterozygote

See also: Heterozygote and hétérozygote

English

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ zygote.

Noun

heterozygote (plural heterozygotes)

1. (genetics) A diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci.
2. (biology) A bacteriophage that has two different copies of its genetic material and so produces two types of offspring.

Related terms

• heterozygous

Translations

a diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci

• Finnish: heterotsygootti
• French: hétérozygote (fr) m
• German: Heterozygot n
• Irish: heitrisiogót m
• Italian: eterozigote (it) m
• Portuguese: heterozigoto (pt) m

• Russian: гетерозиго́та (ru) f (getɛrozigóta)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-chuing f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хетерозигот m

  Roman: heterozìgōt (sh) m

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German

Adjective

heterozygote

1. inflected form of heterozygot