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heterozigous

heterozigous adjective: that has two different alleles (variants) of the specific gene.

Adjective

heterozigous (not comparable)

  1. That has two different alleles (variants) of the specific gene.

Questions about heterozigous

What does heterozigous mean?
Heterozigous means that has two different alleles (variants) of the specific gene.
What part of speech is heterozigous?
Heterozigous is an adjective.

Words near heterozigous in the dictionary

  1. heterozeotropes
  2. heterozerconid
  3. heterozerconids
  4. heterozetesis
  5. heterozigosity
  6. heterozigous
  7. heterozite
  8. heterozooid
  9. heterozooids
  10. heterozygocity
  11. heterozygoses

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