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incomplete dominance

noun

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

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Nearby words

  1. incompetent,
  2. incomplete,
  3. incomplete abortion,
  4. incomplete antibody,
  5. incomplete antigen,
  6. incomplete fistula,
  7. incomplete flower,
  8. incomplete foot presentation,
  9. incomplete fracture,
  10. incomplete metamorphosis
Also called semidominance.
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Medicine definitions for in-complete dominance

incomplete dominance

n.

A heterozygous condition in which both alleles at a gene locus are partially expressed and which often produces an intermediate phenotype.
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Science definitions for in-complete dominance

incomplete dominance

[ĭn′kəm-plēt′]

Genetics The fact or condition of being codominant.
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