heterozygousness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the condition or quality of having two different alleles at a particular genetic locus

   The heterozygousness of the offspring was confirmed by genotyping both copies of the gene.

From heterozygous + -ness. Heterozygous combines Greek heteros ("different") with zygotos ("joined"), referring to unlike alleles paired at the same locus.

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