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Dictionary of Biological Psychology

heterozygous

In diploid cells, the existence of two different alleles of a particular GENE, often one recessive and one dominant (see DOMINANT ALLELE; RECESSIVE ALLELE), each occurring on one of a pair of AUTOSOMAL CHROMOSOMES.

See also: allele

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Heterozygous from Dictionary of Biological Psychology. ISBN: 0-203-29884-5. Published: 02-22-2001. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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