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Hemizygous vs Heterozygous - What's the difference?

hemizygous | heterozygous |

As adjectives the difference between hemizygous and heterozygous

is that hemizygous is having some single copies of genes in an otherwise diploid cell or organism while heterozygous is of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene.

hemizygous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (genetics) Having some single copies of genes in an otherwise diploid cell or organism

    • heterozygous

    English

    (Zygosity)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of an organism which has two different alleles of a given gene.
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    Related terms

    * heterozygote * homozygote * homozygous