HETEROZYGOUS

heterozygous

(adjective) having dissimilar alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci; “heterozygous for eye color”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

heterozygous (not comparable)

Of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene.

Source: Wiktionary



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HISTOLOGICALLY

(adverb) involving the use of histology or histological techniques; “histologically identifiable structures”


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