heterozygote

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. inflection of heterozygot:
   1. strong and mixed nominative and accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative and accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine and neuter singular