incomplete dominance

incomplete dominance

noun
the appearance in a heterozygote of a trait that is intermediate between either of the trait's homozygous phenotypes.
Also called semidominance.
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Medical Dictionary

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 Dictionary
incomplete dominance   (ĭn'kəm-plēt')  Pronunciation Key 
Genetics The fact or condition of being codominant.
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