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Incomplete Dominance - heterozygotes resemble neither the dominant nor the recessive phenotype | Incomplete Dominance - heterozygotes resemble neither the dominant nor the recessive phenotype | ||
Co-dominance - heterozygotes are a mixture of both the dominant and recessive phenotypes<ref>Hartl | Co-dominance - heterozygotes are a mixture of both the dominant and recessive phenotypes<ref>Hartl and Jones. (2009), Genetics: analysis of genes and genomes, 7th Edition, Jones and Bartlet</ref> | ||
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A genetic term used when describing an allele whose phenotype is expressed in organisms both homozygous for that allele and heterozygous (it masks another allele - a recessive allele).
There are three types of dominance:
Complete Dominance - recessive phenotypes are only present in homozygous recessive organisms
Incomplete Dominance - heterozygotes resemble neither the dominant nor the recessive phenotype
Co-dominance - heterozygotes are a mixture of both the dominant and recessive phenotypes[1]
References
- ↑ Hartl and Jones. (2009), Genetics: analysis of genes and genomes, 7th Edition, Jones and Bartlet