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Descriptor English: Heterozygote
Descriptor Spanish: Heterocigoto
Descriptor heterocigoto
Entry term(s) portadores genéticos
Scope note: Individuo con alelos diferentes en uno o más loci de un carácter específico.
Descriptor Portuguese: Heterozigoto
Descriptor French: Hétérozygote
Entry term(s): Carrier, Genetic
Carriers, Genetic
Genetic Carrier
Genetic Carriers
Heterozygotes
Tree number(s): G05.380.383
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006579
Scope note: An individual having different alleles at one or more loci regarding a specific character.
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Previous Indexing: Genes (1966-1967)
Genetics (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68
Related: Genetic Carrier Screening MeSH
DeCS ID: 6737
Unique ID: D006579
NLM Classification: QU 500
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/17
Heterozygote - Preferred
Concept UI M0010303
Scope note An individual having different alleles at one or more loci regarding a specific character.
Preferred term Heterozygote
Entry term(s) Heterozygotes
Genetic Carriers - Broader
Concept UI M0010301
Preferred term Genetic Carriers
Entry term(s) Carrier, Genetic
Carriers, Genetic
Genetic Carrier



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