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Heterozygote

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A heterozygote carries different alleles at a diploid locus. Under ordinary Mendelian segregation each is transmitted to an offspring with probability 1/2. Only heterozygous parents provide a comparison between alternative transmissions in the transmission disequilibrium test.

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