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heterozygotes

heterozygotes is the plural of heterozygote.

Meaning of heterozygote

Noun

heterozygote (plural heterozygotes)

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

Questions about heterozygotes

What is heterozygotes the plural of?
Heterozygotes is the plural of heterozygote.

Words near heterozygotes in the dictionary

  1. heterozygoses
  2. heterozygosis
  3. heterozygosities
  4. heterozygosity
  5. heterozygote
  6. heterozygotes
  7. heterozygotic
  8. heterozygous
  9. heterozygousity
  10. heterozygously
  11. heterozygousness

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