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heterozygous

/ˌhɛtərəˈzaɪɡəs/ /ˌhɛtəroʊˈzaɪɡəs/

Meanings
adjective
Of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene.

Examples :

"Because Maria inherited one allele for brown eyes and one allele for blue eyes, she is heterozygous for eye color. "
biology organism

Related Words

Illustration organism

organism noun

/ˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/ /ˈɔɹ.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/

A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.

"The single-celled organism was studied by the biology students in their science class. "

Illustration because

because adverb

/bɪˈkɒz/ /biˈkɔz/

For the reason (that).

"I went to the park because the weather was nice. "

Illustration given

given verb

/ˈɡɪ.vən/

(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

"The teacher gave the students a new assignment. "

Illustration allele

allele noun

/ˈæ.liː.l/ /əˈ.liː.l/

One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.

"My brother and I have different alleles for the gene that controls eye color. "

Illustration different

different noun

/ˈdɪf.(ə)ɹ.ənt/

The different ideal.

"My family has a different ideal for my future than I do. "

Illustration brown

brown noun

/bɹaʊn/

A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.

"The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel."

Illustration inherited

inherited verb

/ɪnˈhɛɹɪtɪd/

To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).

"Your descendants will inherit the earth."

Illustration gene

gene noun

/dʒiːn/

A theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color.

"My brother inherited the gene for brown eyes from his mother. "

Illustration maria

maria noun

/ˈmɑɹ.i.ə/

A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea.

"From Earth, we could observe maria, the dark, ancient lava plains on the Moon, with just a pair of binoculars. "

Illustration alleles

alleles noun

/əˈlilz/ /æˈlilz/

One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome.

"Because eye color is determined by genes, a person might have alleles for brown eyes and alleles for blue eyes. "

Illustration which

which pronoun

/wɪt͡ʃ/

(interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).

"By now, you must surely know which is which."

Illustration color

color noun

/ˈkʌl.ə(ɹ)/ /ˈkʌl.ɚ/

The spectral composition of visible light

"Humans and birds can perceive color."