heterozygote

== English == === Etymology === From hetero- +‎ zygote. Coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery". === Pronunciation === === Noun === heterozygote (plural heterozygotes) (genetics) A diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci. (biology) A bacteriophage that has two different copies of its genetic material and so produces two types of offspring. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== heterozygous ==== Translations ==== == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === heterozygote inflection of heterozygot: strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular strong nominative/accusative plural weak nominative all-gender singular weak accusative feminine/neuter singular