ヘテロ接せつ合ごう体たい

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Meanings

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noun

genetics

Technical genetics term for an organism with two different alleles at a given locus.

接touch, contact, adjoin

合fit, suit, join

体body, substance, object

ホモ接せつ合ごう体たい
ホモ接合体 is a homozygote (two identical alleles), while ヘテロ接合体 is a heterozygote (two different alleles).

From English 'hetero-' (different) + 接合体 (zygote, from 接合 'union' + 体 'body').