heterozygote /het·ero·zy·gote/ (-zi´gōt) an individual having different alleles in regard to a given character.
heterozygote
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
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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