heterozygote

See also: Heterozygote and hétérozygote

English

Etymology

From hetero- +‎ zygote.

Noun

heterozygote (plural heterozygotes)

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

Related terms

heterozygous

Translations

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

Finnish: heterotsygootti
French: hétérozygote (fr) m
German: Heterozygot n
Irish: heitrisiogót m
Italian: eterozigote (it) m
Portuguese: heterozigoto (pt) m

Russian: гетерозиго́та (ru) f (getɛrozigóta)
Scottish Gaelic: eadar-chuing f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: хетерозигот m

Roman: heterozìgōt (sh) m

German

Adjective

heterozygote

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

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