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heterozygosis definition

hetero·zy·go·sis (het′ər ō zī gō′sis)

noun

  1. the condition of being a heterozygote
  2. the production of a heterozygote by the union of unlike gametes

Etymology: hetero- + ModL zygosis < Gr, a joining < zygon, yoke

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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