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  • 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: PASSARGE, Eberhard (2004). Taschenatlas der Genetik. 2., vollst. überarb. u. erw. Aufl. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 415.
    • Definition: PASSARGE, Eberhard (2004). Taschenatlas der Genetik. 2., vollst. überarb. u. erw. Aufl. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 415.
    • Context: TEUFEL, Andreas (2011). Humangenetik. Stuttgart: Urban & Fischer, 6.
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