incomplete dominance

noun

the appearance in a heterozygote of a trait that is intermediate between either of the trait's homozygous phenotypes.
Also called semidominance.

Words nearby incomplete dominance

incompetent, incomplete, incomplete abortion, incomplete antibody, incomplete antigen, incomplete dominance, incomplete fistula, incomplete flower, incomplete foot presentation, incomplete fracture, incomplete metamorphosis

Medical definitions for incomplete dominance

incomplete dominance

n.

A heterozygous condition in which both alleles at a gene locus are partially expressed and which often produces an intermediate phenotype.

Scientific definitions for incomplete dominance

incomplete dominance
[ ĭn′kəm-plēt′ ]

Genetics The fact or condition of being codominant.