incomplete dominance
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[edit]Noun
[edit]incomplete dominance (uncountable)
- (genetics) The situation where the phenotype of the heterozygous phenotype is distinct from and often intermediate to the phenotypes of the homozygous phenotypes.
- The snapdragon flower colour is either homozygous for red or white. When the red homozygous flower is paired with the white homozygous flower, the result yields a pink snapdragon flower; this is the result of incomplete dominance.