heterozygote

Noun
  1. (genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring (synset 105439806)
    referred to in: genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
    is a type of: fertilized ovum, zygote - (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)

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