Combined Science GCSE
Heterozygous
What Heterozygous means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Describes a genotype in which the two alleles of a gene carried by an organism are different.
Describes a diploid organism whose two copies of a gene are different alleles.
If the alleles are different, the organism is heterozygous, for example Aa.
Having two different alleles for that gene.
Topics that use Heterozygous
- Genetic inheritance (AQA GCSE)
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