Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Dictionary of Human Evolution and Biology

Incomplete Dominance

Failure of a dominant allele to be fully expressed in the heterozygous condition; such heterozygotes have a discontinuous phenotype that is intermediate between those of the homozygous forms.

Cf. codominant.

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codominant (... are expressed phenotypically. Aka incomplete dominance, semidominance.)
codominant pattern of inheritance (... pattern of inheritance, and incomplete dominance.)
completely dominant (... its alternative allele. Cf. incomplete dominance, codominant.)
dominant pattern of inheritance (... pattern of inheritance, and incomplete dominance.)
hypercholesterolemia, familial (... a rare example of incomplete dominance in humans. Aka inherited ...)