👉 The term "heterotelic" is a biological concept that refers to a situation in which two or more organisms have different genetic material, meaning they have distinct copies of the same DNA. This can occur due to mutations, gene duplication, or other genetic changes. In many species, including humans and some animals, heterotopic genes are present on both parental chromosomes (that is, one copy of a gene is located on each chromosome). These genes may be inherited by offspring from their parents in
