heterozygosity

Questions

What does heterozygosity mean?

The condition of being heterozygous.

Where does heterozygosity come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -zygous English heterozygous Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English heterozygosity From heterozygous + -ity.

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