heterozygosis

Questions

What does heterozygosis mean?

The fusion of two genetically different gametes

Where does heterozygosis come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English zygosis English heterozygosis From hetero- + zygosis.

How to pronounce heterozygosis

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