heterozygous

/ˌhɛtərəˈzaɪɡəs/ /ˌhɛtəroʊˈzaɪɡəs/

Meanings

adjective

杂合的，异质结合的。

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. "

由于玛丽亚从父母那里分别遗传了棕色眼睛和蓝色眼睛的基因，所以她的眼睛颜色是杂合的。

biology organism

Related Words

organism noun

/ˈɔː.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/ /ˈɔɹ.ɡən.ɪ.zəm/

生物，有机体

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

生物课上，生物系的学生们研究了这种单细胞生物。

because adverb

/bɪˈkɒz/ /biˈkɔz/

因为，由于。

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

因为天气很好，所以我去了公园。

given verb

/ˈɡɪ.vən/

给予，赠送，提供。

"The teacher gave the students a new assignment. "

老师给了学生们一份新的作业。

allele noun

/ˈæ.liː.l/ /əˈ.liː.l/

等位基因，对偶基因。

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

我哥哥和我控制眼睛颜色的那个基因有不同的等位基因，所以我们眼睛颜色不一样。

different noun

/ˈdɪf.(ə)ɹ.ənt/

差别，差异。

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

对于我的未来，我的家人和我的理想存在差别。

brown noun

/bɹaʊn/

棕色，褐色

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

这幅画作中的棕色和绿色，营造出一种美好的林地氛围。

inherited verb

/ɪnˈhɛɹɪtɪd/

继承，承继.

"Your descendants will inherit the earth."

你的后裔必承受这地为业。

gene noun

/dʒiːn/

基因，遗传因子

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

我的哥哥从他妈妈那里遗传了控制棕色眼睛的基因。

maria noun

/ˈmɑɹ.i.ə/

月海，阴暗平原。

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

从地球上，我们仅用一副双筒望远镜就能观察到月球上的“月海”，那些阴暗古老的熔岩平原。

alleles noun

/əˈlilz/ /æˈlilz/

等位基因

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

因为眼睛的颜色是由基因决定的，所以一个人可能拥有决定棕色眼睛的等位基因，同时也拥有决定蓝色眼睛的等位基因。

which pronoun

/wɪt͡ʃ/

哪个，哪些

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

到现在，你肯定应该知道哪个是哪个了吧。

color noun

/ˈkʌl.ə(ɹ)/ /ˈkʌl.ɚ/

颜色, 色彩

"Humans and birds can perceive color."

人类和鸟类能够感知色彩。