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Definition noun, plural: heterozygotes A nucleus, cell or organism possessing two different alleles for a particular... Read More

Incomplete Dominance Definition After Gregor Mendel discovered inheritance laws, the term ''incomplete dominance'' was... Read More

Manifesting heterozygote An organism heterozygous for what is ordinarily a recessive condition which, as a result of special... Read More

Codominance Definition Codominance is a form of inheritance wherein the alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote are fully... Read More

Definition noun (genetics) A type of dominance characterized by a phenotype that is more pronounced in a heterozygote... Read More

Polymorphism Definition The occurrence of two or more different forms or morphs in the population of a species is referred... Read More

Phenotype refers to the observable characteristics of an organism as a multifactorial consequence of genetic traits and... Read More

Complete Dominance Definition Genetics is the study of how traits are inherited by organisms and in what ways these... Read More

Definition noun (genetics) The degree of similarity or the dissimilarity of the DNA sequences in specific coding segments,... Read More

Reviewed by: Mary Anne Clark, Ph.D.The inheritance patterns seen in Mendel's monohybrid and dihybrid crosses... Read More