- Institution/s: Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid, Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 57
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Isabel COMAS MARTÍNEZ, Laura SANJUÁN LANCHO, Raluca RADAC, Rosario HERRERO
- Creation / modification date: 02-03-2014
- Term: heterozygote
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: A nucleus, cell or organism that has inherited two different alleles (one inherited from each parent), usually one normal and the other abnormal, at a particular gene locus on homologous chromosomes.
- Context: In a substructured population the overall heterozygote deficiency can be predicted from the number of subpopulations (s), their time of divergence (t), and the nature of the mutations.
- Expression: heterozygote deficiency
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: JOUVE DE LA BARREDA, Nicolás (2008). Explorando los genes: Del Big-Bang a la nueva biología. Madrid: Encuentro.
- Definition: LUQUE CABRERA, José y Ángel HERRÁEZ SÁNCHEZ (2006). Texto ilustrado de biología molecular e ingeniería genética. Madrid: MMI Elsevier.
- Context: JOUVE DE LA BARREDA, Nicolás (2008). Explorando los genes: Del Big-Bang a la nueva biología. Madrid: Encuentro.
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