noun🔗ShareA diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci."Even though both her parents have straight hair, Maria is a heterozygote for the curly hair gene, meaning she inherited one curly hair allele and one straight hair allele. "biologyorganismbiochemistryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA bacteriophage that has two different copies of its genetic material and so produces two types of offspring."The genetic analysis of the bacteriophage population revealed a heterozygote, confirming that some phages carried two distinct versions of the gene. "virusbiologymicroorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
