"heterozygote" meaning in English

See heterozygote in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-heterozygote.wav Forms: heterozygotes [plural]
Etymology: From hetero- + zygote. Coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery". Etymology templates: {{af|en|hetero-|zygote}} hetero- + zygote, {{coin|en|William Bateson|nat=English|occ=biologists}} Coined by English biologists William Bateson, {{coin|en|Edith Rebecca Saunders|in=1902|notext=1}} Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902 Head templates: {{en-noun}} heterozygote (plural heterozygotes)
  1. (genetics) A diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci. Categories (topical): Genetics Translations (a diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci): heterotsygootti (Finnish), hétérozygote [masculine] (French), Heterozygot [neuter] (German), heitrisiogót [masculine] (Irish), eterozigote [masculine] (Italian), heterozigoto [masculine] (Portuguese), гетерозиго́та (getɛrozigóta) [feminine] (Russian), eadar-chuing [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), хетерозѝго̄т [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), heterozìgōt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), heterocigoto [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-heterozygote-en-noun-hz-xqZhs Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 45 55 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'a diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci': 91 9
  2. (biology) A bacteriophage that has two different copies of its genetic material and so produces two types of offspring. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-heterozygote-en-noun-MTZkY0J7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hetero-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hetero-: 44 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 42 4 3 20 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 48 3 2 25 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 72 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: heterozygous

Inflected forms

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