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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -zygous English heterozygous From hetero- + -zygous.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| heterzygous | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
heterozygosity · heterozygousness · diheterozygous · pseudoheterozygous · heterozygously
Relateds
monozygotic · hemizygous · autozygous · autozygote · homozygote · allozygotic · monozygote · nullizygous · zygotic · zygosity · dizygosity · homozygotic · homozygous · monozygous · heterozygotic · allozygous · nullizygotic · hemizygote · autozygosity · dizygotic · autozygotic · dizygote · heterozygote · allozygote · heterozygosity · hemizygosity · hemizygotic · allozygosity · monozygosity · homozygosity · heterozygousness · nullizygosity · zygote · dizygous · nullizygote
Synonyms
Translations (12)
ga heitrisigeach (Of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene) · es heterocigótico (Of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene) · gd eadar-chuingeach (Of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene) · pt heterozigoto (Of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene) · fi heterotsygoottinen (Of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene) · fi eriperintäinen (Of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene) · pl heterozygotyczny (Of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene) · vi dị hợp tử (Of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene) · bg хетерозиготен (Of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene) · fr hétérozygote (Of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene) · it eterozigote (Of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene) · nl heterzygoot (Of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene)