| Descriptor English: | Heterozygote | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Heterocigoto                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Heterozigoto | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Hétérozygote | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Carrier, Genetic Carriers, Genetic Genetic Carrier Genetic Carriers Heterozygotes  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        G05.380.383 | 
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| 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. | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||||
| Previous Indexing: | 
                                                Genes (1966-1967) Genetics (1966-1967)  | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 68 | 
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| History Note: | 68 | 
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| Related: | 
                                                                                                                        Genetic Carrier Screening
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| 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                                        
                                                                
                                
                        
                        
                        
                                                                    
                        Genetic Carriers                                            
                                        - Broader                                        
                                                                
                                
                        
                        
                    
                    
                
                | 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                                                 | 
                                
| Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0010301 | 
                                
| Preferred term | Genetic Carriers | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Carrier, Genetic                                                 Carriers, Genetic Genetic Carrier  | 
                                
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