[1900–05; hetero- + zygosis]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: burnout, desensitize, elder statesman, hookup, hormonehetero- is a combining form meaning “different,” “other,” used in the formation of compoundwords. Other words that use the affix hetero- include: heterochrony, heteroclite, heterocyclic, heterogamous, heterogony
Examples of 'heterozygosis' in a sentence
heterozygosis
Microsatellite markers analysis revealed a common loss of heterozygosis on 18q.
Ferrero Stefano, Rovati Marco PL, Braidotti Paola, Vaira Valentina, Ambrosini-SpaltroAndrea, Bosari Silvano 2006, 'Carcinosarcoma of the colon: report of a case with morphological, ultrastructuraland molecular analysis', BMC Cancerhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/6/185. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Total heterosis for the three characteristics followed the fluctuation of individual heterozygosis.
Luís Fernando Glasenapp de Menezes, João Restle, Ivan Luiz Brondani, Dari CelestinoAlves Filho, Fernando Kuss, Magali Floriano da Silveira, Gláucia Azevedo do Amaral 2005, 'Características da carcaça de novilhos de gerações avançadas do cruzamento alternadoentre as raças Charolês e Nelore, terminados em confinamento Carcass characteristicsof feedlot finished steers from advanced generations of rotational crossbreeding betweenCharolais and Nellore breeds', Revista Brasileira de Zootecniahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982005000300027. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The mean observed heterozygosity was 0.373 ± 0.03, while the expected heterozygosis was 0.470 ± 0.023.
Carmen Salazar, Carlos F. Vargas-Mendoza, José Salvador Flores 2010, 'Estructura y diversidad genética de Annona squamosa en huertos familiares mayas dela península de Yucatán Genetic structure and diversity of Annona squamosa in Mayanhomegardens of Yucatán Peninsula', Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidadhttp://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1870-34532010000300017. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Allele frequencies, polymorphism information content and heterozygosis were calculated.
carlos Hernandez-Escobar 2009, 'Genetic variability of the zebu cattle breed (Bos indicus) in the departament ofHuila using microsatellite molecular markers', Acta Biológica Colombianahttps://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/actabiol/article/view/1495. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The parents and both the siblings harbored the same variant in heterozygosis.
Daniele Cappellani, Alessandro Brancatella, Martin Kaufmann, Angelo Minucci, EddaVignali, Domenico Canale, Elisa De Paolis, Ettore Capoluongo, Filomena Cetani, GlenvilleJones, Claudio Marcocci 2019, 'Hereditary Hypercalcemia Caused by a Homozygous Pathogenic Variant in the CYP24A1Gene: A Case Report and Review of the Literature', Case Reports in Endocrinologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4982621. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, the precise molecular mechanism of its substrate heterozygosis remains unsolved.
Yucheng Zhao, Nana Wang, Ziwei Sui, Chuanlong Huang, Zhixiong Zeng, Lingyi Kong 2019, 'The Molecular and Structural Basis of O-methylation Reaction in Coumarin Biosynthesisin Peucedanum praeruptorum Dunn', International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttps://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/7/1533. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We identified six different sequence variants, which occurred in heterozygosis.
Stanke Frauke, Ohl Lars, Davalos-Misslitz Ana, Kahlmann Daniel, Witte Torsten, FörsterReinhold 2007, 'Genetic variants of chemokine receptor CCR7 in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus,Sjogren's syndrome and systemic sclerosis', BMC Geneticshttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2156/8/33. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A similar trend was observed for the direct heterozygosis.
Carlos Júnior Kippert, Paulo Roberto Nogara Rorato, Jader Silva Lopes, Tomás Weber,Arione Augusti Boligon 2008, 'Efeitos genéticos aditivos diretos e maternos e heterozigóticos sobre os desempenhospré e pós-desmama em uma população multirracial Aberdeen Angus × Nelore Direct, maternaladditive genetic and heterozygotic effects for pre- and post-weaning traits in a multi-breedAberdeen Angus-Nelore population', Revista Brasileira de Zootecniahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982008000800007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
High levels of heterozygosis were detected when the proportion of alleles in each locus were compared.
Claudia Romero-Nava, Livia León-Paniagua, Jorge Ortega 2014, 'Microsatellites loci reveal heterozygosis and population structure in vampire bats(Desmodus rotundus) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) of Mexico', Revista de Biología Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442014000100021&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)