01 n. The property of being either homogeneous or heterogeneous with respect to the allelic genes determining some hereditary trait in a diploid …
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The property of being either homogeneous or heterogeneous with respect to the allelic genes determining some hereditary trait in a diploid or polyploid organism; if homogeneous, the organism is homozygous; if heterogeneous, it is heterozygous.(Biol.)