hemizygote

hemizygote
hemizygous /hem'i zuy"geuhs/, adj.
/hem'i zuy"goht, -zig"oht/, n. Genetics.
an individual having only one of a given pair of genes.
[1930-35; HEMI- + ZYGOTE]

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