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Word: Heterozygous
Speech Type: Adjective
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌhɛt(ə)rə(ʊ)ˈzʌɪɡəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
having two different alleles of a particular gene or genes
Short Definition:having two different alleles of particular gene or genes
Examples:- the genetic study showed two heterozygous variants
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