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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. 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.