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Heterozygote vs Overdominance - What's the difference?

heterozygote | overdominance |

As nouns the difference between heterozygote and overdominance

is that heterozygote is while overdominance is the state of a gene wherein a heterozygote has a higher risk of disease than either of its homozygote parents.

heterozygote

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (genetics) A diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci.
  • (biology) A bacteriophage that has two different copies of its genetic material and so produces two types of offspring.

    • Related terms

    * heterozygous

    overdominance

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of a gene wherein a heterozygote has a higher risk of disease than either of its homozygote parents.

    • External links

    * ("overdominance" on Wikipedia)