NCIt related terms : heterozygous genotype; Heterozygous;
NCIt definition : Having two different allelic forms of a gene, one inherited from each parent, on each
of the two homologous chromosomes.;
Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: Occurs when the two alleles at a particular gene locus are different. A
heterozygous genotype may include one normal allele and one mutation, or two different
mutations. The latter is called a compound heterozygote.;