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Heterozygote

Known as: heterozygous genotype, Heterozygous, Heterozygosity 
Occurs when the two alleles at a particular gene locus are different. A heterozygous genotype may include one normal allele and one mutation, or two… 
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Does heterozygosity estimate inbreeding in real populations?
Many recent studies report that individual heterozygosity at a handful of apparently neutral microsatellite markers is correlated… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Haplotype structure and population genetic inferences from nucleotide-sequence variation in human lipoprotein lipase.
Allelic variation in 9.7 kb of genomic DNA sequence from the human lipoprotein lipase gene (LPL) was scored in 71 healthy… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Developmental defects in gorlin syndrome related to a putative tumor suppressor gene on chromosome 9
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Rapid typing of tandemly repeated hypervariable loci by the polymerase chain reaction: application to the apolipoprotein B 3' hypervariable region.
The 3' flanking region of the apolipoprotein B (apoB) gene contains a hypervariable region consisting of a variable number of… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Molecular-marker-facilitated investigations of quantitative-trait loci in maize. I. Numbers, genomic distribution and types of gene action.
Individual genetic factors which underlie variation in quantitative traits of maize were investigated in each of two F2… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Inherited structural polymorphism of the fourth component of human complement.
Human fourth component of complement (C4) was found to be highly polymorphic by agarose gel electrophoresis of neuraminidase… 
Review
1972
Review
1972
X‐CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERNS IN MAMMALS
1. The review considers information from mammalian embryology relevant to X‐chromosome inactivation, and from X‐inactivation… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
A molecular approach to the study of genic heterozygosity in natural populations. IV. Patterns of genic variation in central, marginal and isolated populations of Drosophila pseudoobscura.
CCORDING to the synthetic theory of evolution, populations of a species A diverge in their gene pool as a result of differential… 
Review
1966
Review
1966
A molecular approach to the study of genic heterozygosity in natural populations. I. The number of alleles at different loci in Drosophila pseudoobscura.
cornerstone of the theory of evolution by gradual change is that the rate of A evolution is absolutely limited by the amount of… 
Highly Cited
1954
Highly Cited
1954
The Theory and Analysis of Diallel Crosses. III.
HE investigation of the properties of groups of homozygous lines by means T of diallel crosses as proposed by HULL (1945) has… 
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