heterozygous
/het-er-uh-zahy-guhs/US // ˌhɛt ər əˈzaɪ gəs //UK // (ˌhɛtərəʊˈzaɪɡəs) //
杂合的,异质,杂交,杂合
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Biology.
- : having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- : of or relating to a heterozygote.
Examples
This would indicate that the frog belongs to those animals in which the male is heterozygous for sex.
Being heterozygous for two factors they will produce four kinds of gametes in equal numbers, viz.
Such birds being heterozygous for the inhibitor factor, should be whites showing some coloured "ticks."
The cross between a heterozygous dominant and a recessive also leads to equal numbers of recessives and of heterozygous dominants.
There exists repulsion between the factors G and F in a zygote which is heterozygous for them both.
Level 3Browse all words →