Heterozygous/heterozygote

Where the alleles at a particular genetic locus are different (i.e., the AG genotype stated in the examples for genotype and allele).

See Allele.

References

• Buxton J, Turney J. The Rough Guide to Genes & Cloning 2007.

Other terms in 'Useful genetic terms ':

• Allele
• Chromosome
• Copy number variation (CNV)
• Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
• Gene
• Genetic variant
• Genotype
• Haplotype
• Homozygous/homozygote
• Linkage disequilibrium (LD)
• Locus
• Palindromic SNP
• Polygenic risk score (PRS)
• Polymorphism
• Rare variants
• Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)