Definition of "heterozygotes" [heterozygotes]

• Plural form of heterozygote. (noun)

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• "Once established in a deme, a negatively heterotic one with a selective disadvantage for heterozygotes–DW gene arrangement can spread in homozygous form through a subdivided population by random local extinction and colonization."
• "Both Myers and Dunford pointed out those heterozygotes for the type of chromosomal fusion in question did not necessarily have to suffer from genetic disease or infertility."
• "For example if two alleles exist in a population, and the heterozygotes between them are intermediate between the two homozygotes on a log scale, then variation in selection coefficients will generally cause one allele to win out."