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merozygote
merozygote[‚mir·ə′zī‚gōt] (microbiology) In bacteria, a zygote that has some diploid and some haploid genetic material because a chromosomal fragment was transferred by the F+ mate. merozygote
mer·o·zy·gote (mer'ō-zī'gōt), In microbial genetics, an organism that, in addition to its own original genome (endogenote), contains a fragment (exogenote) of a genome from another organism; the relatively small size of the exogenote permits a diploid condition for only a limited region of the endogenote. [mero- + zygōtos, yoked] mer·o·zy·gote (mer-ō-zī'gōt) microbial genetics An organism that, in addition to its own original genome (endogenote), contains a fragment (exogenote) of a genome from another organism; the relatively small size of the exogenote permits a diploid condition for only a limited region of the endogenote. [mero- + zygōtos, yoked]merozygote (mĕr″ō-zī′gōt) [″ + zygotos, yoked together] A bacterial mechanism of gene transfer in which part of the genome, or chromosome complement, is transferred into an intact recipient cell. |