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Definition of Heterozygotes
1. heterozygote [n] - See also: heterozygote
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heterozygotes
Literary usage of Heterozygotes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science of Human Behavior: Biological and Psychological Foundations by Maurice Parmelee (1913)
"Homozygotes and heterozygotes, 56. — The Mendelian explanation of particulate,
exclusive, and blended inheritance, 57.—Reversion or atavism, 59. ..."
2. Genetics: An Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1913)
"HOMOZYGOTES AND heterozygotes A character which is present in the offspring in
double quantity because it was present in both parents is said by Bateson to ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1903)
"Several white varieties of Stock produce a purple form; many of the crosses with
the " half-hoary" type gave fully hoary heterozygotes. ..."
4. Heredity and Environment in the Development of Men by Edwin Grant Conklin (1922)
"This is a better illustration of Mendel's principle of splitting than is offered
by the peas, since in this case the heterozygotes D(R) are always ..."
5. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (1998)
"However, not all mutations in tumour suppressor genes cause dominant cancer
syndromes in the heterozygotes. This is a controversial issue in human studies, ..."
6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"Cases of recessive heterozygotes are not rare in the experience of students of
heredity. They do not invalidate the general idea of Mendelian dominance. ..."
7. Mendelism by Reginald Crundall Punnett (1909)
"heterozygotes. For we have already seen that the breeding of heterozygotes together
results in one half of the total offspring coming heterozygotes. ..."
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