heterozygous

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It is an animal that carries one half of the genes required to create a visual differance from the base gene.

That's somewhat misleading, as heterozygous forms of dominant and co-dominant traits are both different from the base gene (and since a gene doesn't necessarily present itself in the phenotype).

A heterozygous animal is simply an animal that carries a single copy of a particular allele.