different between heterozygote vs biallelic

heterozygote

English

Etymology

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".

Noun

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.

Related terms

  • heterozygous

Translations


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Pronunciation

Adjective

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

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biallelic

English

Etymology

bi- +? allelic

Adjective

biallelic (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) Of or pertaining to both alleles of a gene (in a heterozygote).

Related terms

  • biallelism

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