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Organism carrying two different alleles of the same gene.(see carrier.)
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Individual who has inherited two different genes for a characteristic.
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A diploid or partially diploid organism with different alleles of one or more particular genes.
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n. (Gr. heteros, other; zygon, yoke) an organism or cell having two different alleles at corresponding loci on homologous chromosomes.
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With respect to a given genetic locus, a diploid individual carrying two different alleles.
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Referring to a diploid cell or organism having two different alleles of a particular gene.
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( het-ur-oh- zy-gote) [Gk. heteros, other + zygotos, a pair] A diploid organism that carries two different alleles at one or more genetic loci.
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An individual having different alleles for any gene pair and producing two kinds of gametes.
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An organism with different alleles on homologous chromosomes.
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An animal that possesses two different forms, or alleles, of a genetic unit; one allele is derived from the mother and the other from the father.
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Having two different alleles at one or more loci in homologous chromosome pairs. One copy of the gene is normal and one copy is mutant. A heterozygote is also termed a carrier - carries one mutant copy.
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an individual who has different alleles at a particular point on the chromosome map.
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An individual who has two different alleles at a particular locus on the same pair of chromosomes.
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an individual who inherits one version of a gene, called an allele, from the mother and a different variant of the gene from the father
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A person who inherits two different alleles, one from each parent, at a particular chromosome location. When referring to genetic disorders, a heterozygote is usually someone who has one disease and one non-disease allele.
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Having two different alleles for a give trait.
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An individual having unlike alleles at one or more corresponding loci.
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An individual who has two different alleles at the same locus. A heterozygote who has one dominant disease gene and one normal gene will be affected by the disease (as in Huntington disease); one who has a recessive disease gene and a normal gene will be a carrier (as in cystic fibrosis).
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(adj: heterozygous)  (Gr. heteros, different + zygon, yoke) An individual that has different alleles at the same locus in its two homologous chromosomes.
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a cell or individual organism that possesses different alleles (of the same gene) at the same locus on homologous chromosomes.
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An individual with two different alleles at a particular locus on a pair of chromosomes.
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An individual who has two different alleles of a gene.
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heterozygote carries two different versions of the same gene. Where the condition requires two altered versions of the same gene carrier is a heterozygote with one ‘normal’ and one altered copy of the gene.
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An individual with different alleles of a particular gene, e.g. HbAS (sickle cell trait).
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an individual who has two different forms of a gene at a given locus; i.e., different forms of a gene on two homologous chromosomes
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Organism carrying two different alleles of the same gene. (adjective is heterozygous)
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An individual who has inherited two different alleles at a particular location.
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adj. heterozygous) An individual carrying unlike alleles of a gene (Aa).
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An individual with one normal and one mutant allele at a given locus on a pair of homologous chromosome.
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An individual who carries two different alleles of a particular gene. An individual who carries two different mutant alleles in the same gene is said to be a compound heterozygote.
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A diploid individual with different alleles at the locus in question.
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and homoozygote: An individual inherits a set of two alleles for each HLA locus from his or her parents. For instance, an individual may inherit HLAB27 from one parent and HLA-B8 from the other. Most individuals do not inherit the same gene (belonging to a locus) from both parents, and are said to be heterozygotes. Someone who inherits the same gene, e.g. HLA-B27, from both parents is homozygous for HLA-B27.
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Having two alleles that are different for a given gene.
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A person who has inherited two different alleles (one from each parent) at a gene locus. Usually interpreted to mean that one of the alleles is expressed normally. See Carrier.
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an individual who possesses 2 different alleles, or gene variants, at a given site on a chromosome. Contrast with homozygote.
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An individual who has two different alleles at a particular locus, one on each chromosome of a pair; one allele is usually normal and the other abnormal. Such an individual may also be referred to as a carrier.
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An individual who has two different alleles at a particular locus, one on each chromosome of a pair; one allele is usually normal and the other abnormal Related Terms: carrier ; homozygote ; obligate carrier ; obligate heterozygote
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An individual is said to be a heterozygote when the two alleles at a particular locus are different. 9 4
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An individual that has one normal copy and one abnormal copy of a specific gene. Also known as carrier.
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Individual having two different copies of an allele/marker/gene
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An individual with two different genes at the allele loci.
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Individual having alternate members of a gene pair at a given locus; the presence of different alleles on each chromosome at a particular locus.
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An animal with two distinguishable alleles at a particular locus under analysis. In this case, the locus is considered to be heterozygous.
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An individual that possesses two different alleles for a given gene.
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a person who has two different alleles, one on each chromosome, at a single locus.
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An organism carrying different alleles at the corresponding sites on homologous chromosomes.
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Individual who has two different forms (alleles) of a specific gene. Example: people with the AB blood type have two alleles (A and B) for the blood type gene.
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Individual that carries two different alleles.
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an organism that has two different alleles at a locus (see homozygote)
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An individual who possesses two different alleles at one particular locus on a pair of homologous chromosomes.
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The person only carries one copy of a defective RECESSIVE gene.
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