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heterozygosity
1) The presence of different alleles at one or more loci on homologous chromosomes.
2) Having the two genes at corresponding loci on homologous chromosomes different for one or more loci.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Medical
- Category: Human genome
- Company: National Library of Medicine
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- Max Bryant
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