heterozygote /het·ero·zy·gote/ (-zi´gōt) an individual having different alleles in regard to a given character.
heterozygote
heterozygote [het″er-o-zi´gōt]
manifesting heterozygote a female heterozygous for an X-linked disorder in whom, because of unfavorable X inactivation, the trait is expressed clinically with about the same severity as in hemizygous affected males.
het·er·o·zy·gote (h t  -r -z  gt)n. An organism that has different alleles at a particular gene locus on homologous chromosomes. |
heterozygote
[-zī′gōt]
Etymology: Gk, heteros, different, zygotos, yoked
an organism whose somatic cells have two different allelomorphic genes on the same locus of each pair of chromosomes. It can produce two different types of gametes.
heterozygote [het″er-o-zi´gōt]
an individual exhibiting heterozygosity.
heterozygote
an individual exhibiting heterozygosity. Detection is critical in most programs to control genetic defects; methods used include karyotyping (rarely successful), test mating, blood typing, a full clinical pathology test spectrum, radiology.
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