Phenomena and Processes

Heterozygote

An individual having different alleles at one or more loci regarding a specific character.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

An individual having different alleles at one or more loci regarding a specific character.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Heterozygotes
  • Carriers, Genetic
  • Genetic Carriers
  • Carrier, Genetic
  • Genetic Carrier

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Genes (1966-1967)
  • Genetics (1966-1967)

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Tree Number

  1. G05.380w.383w

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NLM Classification

QU 500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Heterozygote. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006579. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006579
  2. Heterozygote. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterozygote
  3. Heterozygote. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q501898