heterozygote
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- noun
- /ˌhɛtəroʊˈzaɪɡoʊt/
- Specialized
- Excesses in heterozygote frequencies are expected in outcrossing species, while excesses in homozygote frequencies are considered characteristic of inbreeding species.
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Examples
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To use his own words: "The corpuscles of the anaemic heterozygote are smaller than normal, and more resistant to hypotonic solutions."
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A heterozygote inherits different alleles from each parent, resulting in a unique combination of traits.
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What if the heterozygote shows that phenotype?
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Now this is the normal heterozygote which is susceptible to malaria.
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But both of these have a heterozygote advantage in being malarial resistant.
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The S A heterozygotes have the highest fitness.
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When F approaches -1, there is an excess of heterozygotes in the population, whereas when F nears +1, the population is deficient in heterozygotes.
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In malarial environments, the antimalarial benefits to the more numerous heterozygotes offset the severe disadvantage to the far less numerous homozygotes.
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Female heterozygotes have demonstrated milder radiologic abnormalities, most noticeably dilated internal auditory canals.
Academic text (2005) -
In genetics, a heterozygote can produce offspring with a variety of traits due to its diverse alleles.
How Heterozygous
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Heterozygote comes from the Greek parts hetero- meaning 'different' and zygote meaning 'joined' or 'paired', so it literally suggests a 'different pair'. So, a heterozygote is an organism that has two different versions of the same gene, one from each parent.