heterozygous

heterozygous
heterozygous 1889, from heterozygote, from HETERO- (Cf. hetero-) + ZYGOTE (Cf. zygote).

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  • heterozygous — heterozygous. См. гетерозиготный. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Heterozygous — The state of having two different forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent. A person who is heterozygous is called a heterozygote or a gene carrier. For example, a woman who is heterozygous for cystic fibrosis (CF) carries the… …   Medical dictionary

  • heterozygous — UK [ˌhetərəʊˈzaɪɡəs] / US [ˌhetəroʊˈzaɪɡəs] adjective biology a heterozygous cell or organism has two different forms of a particular gene for something such as eye colour …   English dictionary

  • heterozygous — heterozigotinis statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Turintis somatinėse ląstelėse skirtingus vienos alelio poros genus. atitikmenys: angl. heterozygous rus. гетерозиготный …   Žemės ūkio augalų selekcijos ir sėklininkystės terminų žodynas

  • heterozygous — adjective having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci (Freq. 2) heterozygous for eye color • Ant: ↑homozygous • Derivationally related forms: ↑heterozygosity • Topics: ↑genetics, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Heterozygous tiger — Heterozygous Tigers are the world s rarest tiger (next to the Maltese Tiger). Heterozygous golden tigers look identical to other golden tigers. However, they differ in one important way; a heterozygous golden tiger carries the recessive gene for… …   Wikipedia

  • heterozygous — adjective Date: 1902 having the two alleles at corresponding loci on homologous chromosomes different for one or more loci …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • heterozygous — having two different alleles of the same gene …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • heterozygous — adj. [Gr. heteros, different; zygon, yolk] Pertaining to an individual with different genetic alleles at the corresponding loci of the two parental chromosomes; heterozygote n; see homozygous …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • heterozygous — heterozygosity /het euh roh zuy gos i tee/, n. /het euhr euh zuy geuhs/, adj. Biol. 1. having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic. 2. of or pertaining to a heterozygote. Also, heterozygotic /het euh roh zuy got ik/. [1900… …   Universalium

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