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A gene that is fully expressed in a heterozygote. A dominant gene may partially or entirely suppress the expression of another allelic gene (recessive gene).
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| dominant inheritance |
A pattern of inheritance of a characteristic (such as brown eye color) or abnormality in which just one gene or allele is needed to confer the characteristic or abnormality, in contrast to recessive inheritance, which requires two abnormal genes. See also heterozygous.
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| dominant |
(of an allele) exerting its full phenotypic effect despite the presence of another allele of the same gene, whose phenotypic expression it blocks.
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A plant, usually a tree, that becomes the largest and most common in an area over time. Trees such as oaks, hickories, and elms will eventually take over a forest in a particular area.
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| dominant |
in genetics, this is the characteristic of an allele who requires only one copy of a given gene to be expressed. This single copy may come from either parent.
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