heterozygote

From hetero- +‎ zygote. Coined by English biologists William Bateson and by Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery".

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heterozygote (plural heterozygotes)

1. (genetics) A diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci.
2. (biology) A bacteriophage that has two different copies of its genetic material and so produces two types of offspring.

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heterozygote

1. inflection of heterozygot:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular