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allozygous

allozygous adjective: being a genotype of a kind where two alleles at a locus come from completely different sources, as in most normal, random mating.

Adjective

allozygous (not comparable)

  1. Being a genotype of a kind where two alleles at a locus come from completely different sources, as in most normal, random mating.

Origin of allozygous

From allo- + -zygous.

Questions about allozygous

What does allozygous mean?
Allozygous means being a genotype of a kind where two alleles at a locus come from completely different sources, as in most normal, random mating.
What part of speech is allozygous?
Allozygous is an adjective.

Words near allozygous in the dictionary

  1. alloying element
  2. alloying elements
  3. alloylike
  4. alloys
  5. allozygosity
  6. allozygous
  7. allozymatic
  8. allozyme
  9. allozymes
  10. allozymic
  11. allozymically

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