Definition of Heterozygosis

1. Noun. (genetics) The fusion of two genetically different gametes ¹

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Definition of Heterozygosis

1. [n -GOSES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heterozygosis

heterotropia
heterotropic
heterotropous
heterotype mitosis
heterotypic
heterotypic cortex
heterovaccine therapy
heterovalent
heteroxanthine
heteroxenous
heteroxenous parasite
heterozeotrope
heterozoic
heterozygoses
heterozygosis (current term)
heterozygosities
heterozygosity
heterozygosity index
heterozygote
heterozygote detection
heterozygotes
heterozygous
heterozygously
heterœcism
heth
hether
hething
heths
hetime

Literary usage of Heterozygosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Breeding Crop Plants by Herbert Kendall Hayes, Ralph John Garber (1921)
"... which should be a part of each , Delation between heterozygosis and Vigor.—In an earlier / -—^ -^ chapter tile effects' of self-fertilization inborn ..."

2. Plant Genetics by John Merle Coulter, Merle Crowe Coulter (1918)
"Having considered the salient facts of heterozygosis, a statement by EAST on the "value of heterozygosis in evolution" is pertinent. ..."

3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1912)
"Plants, asexual reproduction as related to heterozygosis 48 ... Pteridophytes, application of heterozygosis 8 Pumpkin, heterozygosis 47 Quercus spp., ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"The conclusion was drawn that heterozygosis may not only increase size but ... In respect to the time to complete growth, heterozygosis does not effect a ..."

5. Publications of the American Statistical Association by American Statistical Association (1916)
"EM East of Harvard University on heterozygosis clearly indicate, as a collateral issue, the significance of studying the degree of assortative mating which ..."

6. Genetics and Eugenics: A Text-book for Students of Biology and a Reference by William Ernest Castle (1916)
"The middle group shows the consequence of heterozygosis continued through two or three generations until the conjugating genes have become practically ..."

7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1905)
"Appearances have been seen in at least four cases (rats, mice, stocks, sweet peas) suggesting at first sight that a heterozygosis between two gametes, ..."

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