mer·o·zy·gote (m r  -z  g t)n. An incomplete bacterial zygote containing only a fragment of the genome from one of its parent cells. |
merozygote
[mer′əzī′gōt]
an incomplete zygote that contains only part of the genetic material of one of the parents. It occurs during conjugation in bacteria, as part of the donor chromosome is excluded by the transfer mechanism.
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