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Definition of heterozygote noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

heterozygote

noun

/ˌhetərəˈzaɪɡəʊt/

/ˌhetərəˈzaɪɡəʊt/

(biology)

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a living thing that has two varying forms of a particular gene, and whose young may therefore vary in a particular characteristicTopics Biologyc2

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