異い型けい接せつ合ごう

noun

heterozygosis

Technical term in genetics referring to the state of having different alleles at a gene locus. Contrasts with ヘテロ接合, which is a broader term for heterojunction.

See also: ヘテロ接合

• 異い型けい接せつ合ごうは、遺い伝でん的てき多た様よう性せいの一いち因いんとなる。

  Heterozygosis contributes to genetic diversity.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

heterozygous; heterogamous

Adjectival use (の-adjective) describing an organism or cell that is heterozygous, or in botany, heterogamous. Often used in compound phrases like 異型接合の個体.

See also: ヘテロ接合

• 異い型けい接せつ合ごうの個こ体たいは、両りょう方ほうの対たい立りつ遺い伝でん子しを持もつ。

  A heterozygous individual possesses both alleles.