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DOMINANT ALLELE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
Synonyms:
dominant; dominant allele
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dominant allele" is a kind of...):
allele; allelomorph ((genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character)
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