HETEROZYGOTE


Meaning of HETEROZYGOTE in English

/het'euhr euh zuy"goht, -zig"oht/ , n. Genetics.

a hybrid containing genes for two unlike forms of a characteristic, and therefore not breeding true to type.

[ 1900-05; HETERO- + ZYGOTE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .