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Meaning of "heterozygous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HETEROZYGOUS

heterozygous  [ˌhɛtərəʊˈzaɪɡəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HETEROZYGOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heterozygous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HETEROZYGOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Zygosity

Zygosity is the degree of similarity of the alleles for a trait in an organism. Most eukaryotes have two matching sets of chromosomes; that is, they are diploid. Diploid organisms have the same loci on each of their two sets of homologous chromosomes, except that the sequences at these loci may differ between the two chromosomes in a matching pair and that a few chromosomes may be mismatched as part of a chromosomal sex-determination system. If both alleles of a diploid organism are the same, the organism is homozygous at that locus. If they are different, the organism is heterozygous at that locus. If one allele is missing, it is hemizygous, and, if both alleles are missing, it is nullizygous. The DNA sequence of a gene often varies from one individual to another. Those variations are called alleles. While some genes have only one allele because there is low variation, others have only one allele because only that allele can function properly. Any variation from the DNA sequence of that allele will be fatal in the embryo, and the organism will never survive to be born. But most genes have two or more alleles.

Definition of heterozygous in the English dictionary

The definition of heterozygous in the dictionary is having different alleles for any one gene.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HETEROZYGOUS


azygos
ˈæzɪɡəs
azygous
ˈæzɪɡəs
callipygous
ˌkælɪˈpaɪɡəs
choragus
kɔːˈreɪɡəs
hemizygous
ˌhɛmɪˈzaɪɡəs
homozygous
ˌhəʊməʊˈzaɪɡəs
magus
ˈmeɪɡəs
monozygous
ˌmɒnəʊˈzaɪɡəs
monzygous
ˌmɒnəʊˈzaɪɡəs
Noviomagus
ˌnəʊvɪəʊˈmeɪɡəs
pemphigous
ˈpɛmfɪɡəs
pemphigus
ˈpɛmfɪɡəs
pompholygous
pɒmˈfɒlɪɡəs
steatopygous
ˌstɪəˈtɒpɪɡəs
Tagus
ˈteɪɡəs
tragus
ˈtreɪɡəs
vagus
ˈveɪɡəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HETEROZYGOUS

heterotaxy
heterothallic
heterothallism
heterothally
heterothermal
heterotic
heterotopia
heterotopic
heterotopous
heterotopy
heterotroph
heterotrophic
heterotrophy
heterotypic
heterotypical
heterousian
heterozygosis
heterozygosity
heterozygote
heth

WORDS THAT END LIKE HETEROZYGOUS

analogous
anthropophagous
antilogous
autologous
fungous
hematophagous
heterologous
homologous
humongous
humungous
lithophagous
meliphagous
multijugous
necrophagous
nonhomologous
ophiophagous
pantophagous
phytophagous
polyphagous
wrongous

Synonyms and antonyms of heterozygous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heterozygous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HETEROZYGOUS

Find out the translation of heterozygous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of heterozygous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heterozygous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heterocigotos
570 millions of speakers

English

heterozygous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विषमयुग्मजी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متخالف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гетерозиготных
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heterozigotos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হেটেরোজাইগস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hétérozygote
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heterozigot
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

heterozygot
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヘテロ接合の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이형
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heterozygous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dị hợp tử
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேற்றுப்புணரியா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विषारी द्रव्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

heterozigot
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eterozigote
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

heterozygotyczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гетерозиготних
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

heterozigot
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ετερόζυγο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heterosigoties
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heterozygot
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heterozygot
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heterozygous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROZYGOUS»

The term «heterozygous» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.087 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROZYGOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heterozygous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heterozygous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heterozygous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HETEROZYGOUS»

Discover the use of heterozygous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heterozygous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Introductory Botany: Plants, People, and the Environment, ...
STUDY OUTLINE 1 Define the following terms relating to genetic inheritance: dominant and recessive; homozygous and heterozygous; genotype and phenotype. A dominant allele is always expressed when it is present; a recessive allele is ...
Linda Berg, 2007
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Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine
Premature corneal arcus is frequently- seen in patients with heterozygous FH. There is no definitive diagnostic test for heterozygous FH, which is diagnosed on clinical grounds. Heterozygous FH is strongly associated with premature ...
Eric J. Topol, Robert M. Califf, 2007
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Ultrasound of Fetal Syndromes
In seven cases of heterozygous achondroplasia reported by Kurtz et al., the gestational age at the time of sonographic diagnosis varied between 21 and 27 weeks. Facial features of heterozygous achondroplasia are visible sonographically ...
Beryl R. Benacerraf, 2008
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Modern Livestock & Poultry Production
Dominant and Recessive Genes A dominant gene in a heterozygous pair hides the effect of its allele. The allele that is hidden is called a recessive gene. The polled (not having horns) condition in cattle is the result of a dominant gene and is ...
James Gillespie, Frank Flanders, 2009
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Color Atlas of Genetics
The gene locus for phosphoglucomutase ( 1 ) is heterozygous in lanes 2, 4, and 10 by virtue of two bands migrating at different speeds. Malate dehydrogenase is a dimeric protein. Therefore, heterozygous flies show three bands in lanes 4, 5, ...
Eberhard Passarge, 2011
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Selection in Natural Populations
Correlation of Heterozygosity Between Parents and Their Offspring The choice of a heterozygous mate, or a highly heterozygous mate, helps maintain genetic variation, for heterozygosity is correlated between parents and their offspring.
Jeffry B. Mitton, 2000
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Genome Research Advances
Heterozygous = without LOH or Al. a = both alleles 133 bp. b □ both alleles have restriction sites (85+48 bp); c = both alleles 500 bp; d = both alleles have restriction sites (2 x 250); A.I □ allelic imbalance; 'from diffuse astrocytoma (Gil); 3 from ...
Alberto P. Bellini, 2007
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New Research on Genomic Instability
Genetic changes of the APC tumor suppressor gene, anatomical location of glioblastoma and the duration of symptoms Heterozygous = without LOH or A.l; a = both alleles 133 bp; b = both alleles have restriction sites (85+48 bp); c = both ...
Eleanor J. Gloscow, 2007
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Principles of Behavioral Genetics
The degree of dominance of the A1 or A2 allele depends on the heterozygous effect relative to the homozygous effect. If the mean phenotype of heterozygous individuals is exactly between the phenotype of individuals of the two homozygous ...
Robert RH Anholt, Trudy F. C. Mackay, 2009
10
Principles of Molecular Medicine
XXY+ (SRY translocation to terminal Xp) SF 1 deletion/mutation (homozygous, heterozygous) WT] deletion/mutation (heterozygous) SRY deletion/mutation (Y- linked) SOX9 mutation (heterozygous) ATRX mutation (X-linked) DHH mutation ...
Marschall S. Runge, Cam Patterson, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HETEROZYGOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heterozygous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Parent-progeny sequencing indicates higher mutation rates in …
In a genome that is a patchwork of heterozygous and homozygous domains, mutations occur disproportionately more often in the heterozygous domains. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
BMC Bioinformatics | Full text | Joint haplotype assembly and …
If the two alleles at a SNP site are same, the SNP site is homozygous; if they are different, it is heterozygous. SNP calling is concerned with ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
3
FH Common, Undertreated in ACS Patients - Medscape
... heterozygous FH in adults (genetic testing is also used as a criterion in the algorithm but was not performed in the SPUM-ACS cohort study). «Medscape, Jul 15»
4
European Journal of Human Genetics - A novel AIFM1 mutation …
... of AIFM1 revealed a novel nucleotide substitution (c.1013G>A; Figure 1i), hemizygous in both P1 and P2 and heterozygous in their mothers. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Heredity - Genetic variance components and heritability of …
As depicted in Figure 1a, the probability of two random individuals having a heterozygous offspring equals 2pq, which if p≠q is <50%. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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European Journal of Human Genetics - Novel and recurrent CIB2 …
Here, a novel homozygous missense variant c.196C>T and compound heterozygous variants, c.[97C>T];[196C>T], were found, respectively, ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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European Journal of Human Genetics - Can whole-exome …
Finally, when studying a family with unavailable parents under a recessive compound heterozygous model, WES filtering can select two ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Article - Nature
(b) Sequence chromatograms of both affected members and the mother of family M105 show c.527T>G in AIMP1 in a heterozygous (IV-2) and ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
9
Astrocytes promote glioma invasion via the gap junction protein …
We compared the invasiveness of tumors implanted in Cx43ΔCT/− mice in a null background to heterozygous Cx43+/− brains, as homozygous ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
10
Wnt/β-catenin signaling regulated SATB1 promotes colorectal …
(j) Immunoblot for expression of SATB1 (k) relative mRNA levels of SATB1 in heterozygous and APC min mutant zebrafish (48 h post ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»

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