DNA Testing Glossary

Heterozygous
Heterozygous is a term for describing a gene pair site (locus) that holds two different genes governing a single trait (such as eye color), one provided from each parent. For example, if a brown eye gene is provided by the mother and a blue eye gene is provided by the father, the locus determining the child’s eye color would be considered heterozygous.

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