incomplete dominance
noun
the appearance in a heterozygote of a trait that is intermediate between either of the trait's homozygous phenotypes.
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- Also called semidominance.
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Scientific definitions for incomplete dominance
incomplete dominance
[ ĭn′kəm-plēt′ ]
Genetics The fact or condition of being codominant.
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