noun
- Plural of heterozygosis; the state or condition of being heterozygous, in which an organism carries two different alleles for a particular gene.
Usage: technical; biology
Examples
- The heterozygoses observed in the population increased genetic diversity.
- Researchers studied multiple heterozygoses to understand inheritance patterns.
- The presence of heterozygoses at several loci suggested recent admixture.
- Heterozygoses can mask recessive traits in offspring.