HETEROZYGOTE


Meaning of HETEROZYGOTE in English

“+ noun

Etymology: heter- + zygote

: an animal or plant that contains genes for both members of at least one pair of allelomorphic characters and that segregates according to Mendel's laws and does not breed true to type with respect to the specified character : a heterozygous individual — compare homozygote

• het·ero·zygotic “+ adjective

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.