- heterozygosities
- n. (Biology) state of being heterozygous, state of containing a dissimilar pair of genes for any hereditary characteristic
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
heterozygosities
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Wahlund effect — In population genetics, the Wahlund effect refers to reduction of heterozygosity in a population caused by subpopulation structure. Namely, if two or more subpopulations have different allele frequencies then the overall heterozygosity is reduced … Wikipedia
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