incomplete dominance


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

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Scientific definitions for incomplete dominance

incomplete dominance

[ ĭn′kəm-plēt ]


  1. Genetics The fact or condition of being codominant.

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