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Noun: heterozygosity  ,he-tu-row-zI'gó-si-tee
  1. The state of being heterozygous; having two different alleles of the same gene

Derived forms: heterozygosities

Type of: state

Antonym: homozygosity

Encyclopedia: Heterozygosity