hemizygote

Questions

What does hemizygote mean?

A hemizygous individual

Where does hemizygote come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Proto-Hellenic [Term?] Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- English zygote English hemizygote From hemi- + zygote.

How to pronounce hemizygote

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