het·er·o·ge·ne·i·ty (h t  -r j-n   -t)n. The quality or state of being heterogeneous. |
heterogeneity
[-jənē′itē]
1 a quality of being dissimilar in kind.
2 a state of having different characteristics and qualities.
heterogeneity [het″er-o-jĕ-ne´ĭ-te]
the state or quality of being heterogeneous. In genetics, the production of identical or similar phenotypes by different genetic mechanisms. A phenotype resembling a known phenotype but determined by a different genetic mechanism is called a genocopy or genetic mimic.
heterogeneity
the state of being heterogeneous.
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