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heterzygous

heterzygous is the alternative form of heterozygous.

Meaning of heterozygous

Adjective

heterozygous (not comparable)

  1. Of an organism: having two different alleles in a given gene.
    • Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3
    Synonyms:
    simplex

Origin of heterzygous

From heter- + -zygous.

Questions about heterzygous

What is heterzygous the alternative form of?
Heterzygous is the alternative form of heterozygous.

Words near heterzygous in the dictionary

  1. heterozygotic
  2. heterozygous
  3. heterozygousity
  4. heterozygously
  5. heterozygousness
  6. heterzygous
  7. heterœcious
  8. heterœcism
  9. hetfic
  10. Hetfield
  11. Hetfields

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