heterozygote

n. 异质接合体, 异形接合体 [医] 杂合体, 异型合子

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词形变化

heterozygotes 复数 heterozygotes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci.

    生物 医学
  2. 2.

    A bacteriophage that has two different copies of its genetic material and so produces two types of offspring.

    生物

词汇关系

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词源

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

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