heterozygote
noun/ˌhetərəˈzaɪɡəʊt/
/ˌhetərəˈzaɪɡəʊt/
(biology)- 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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