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異型接合体 (いけいせつごうたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

異い型けい接せつ合ごう体たい

Meanings

1

noun

genetics

Technical term in genetics for an organism with two different alleles at a locus. Compare ヘテロ接合体, which is the katakana loanword equivalent.

See also: ヘテロ接合体

この遺い伝でん子し座ざについて、その個こ体たいは異い型けい接せつ合ごう体たいである。
For this locus, the individual is a heterozygote.

Kanji

異uncommon, different, queerness
型mould, type, model
接touch, contact, adjoin
合

fit, suit, join

体body, substance, object

Similar words

ヘテロ接せつ合ごう体たい
Synonymous katakana loanword; 異型接合体 is the kanji-based term used in Japanese genetics literature.
同どう型けい接せつ合ごう体たい
Antonym: homozygote (organism with two identical alleles at a locus).

Etymology

Compound of 異型 (ikei, 'hetero-type') + 接合体 (setsugōtai, 'zygote' or 'conjugate'), calqued from English 'heterozygote'.