incomplete dominance

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noun

the appearance in a heterozygote of a trait that is intermediate between either of the trait's homozygous phenotypes.

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Also called semidominance.

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He then provides some insight into his psyche - complete with Animal House reference.
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This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
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Occasionally, a level will take 20 or more strokes to complete.
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However this be, it is hard to say that these fibs have that clear intention to deceive which constitutes a complete lie.
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Prud'hon, in humiliation and despair, lived in a solitude almost complete.
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The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.
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incomplete dominance

A heterozygous condition in which both alleles at a gene locus are partially expressed and which often produces an intermediate phenotype.

incomplete dominance

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Genetics The fact or condition of being codominant.