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Glossary Term

Glossary
Term
Heterozygous MGI Glossary
Definition
The state of a diploid locus in which different alleles are present at the two copies of that locus (usually one is normal and the other is abnormal).

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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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last database update
04/03/2013
MGI 5.12
The Jackson Laboratory