Allele
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An allele is a variant of the sequence of nucleotides at a particular location, or locus, on a DNA molecule.
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Human eye with limbal ring, anterior view
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Dominance (genetics)
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In genetics, dominance is the phenomenon of one variant of a gene on a chromosome masking or overriding the effect of a different variant of the same gene on the other copy of the chromosome. The mask
Allele
…ἄλλος, allos (cognate with Latin alius), meaning "other". In many cases, genotypic interactions between the two alleles at a locus can be described as dominant or recessive, according to which of the two homozygous phenotypes the heterozygote most resembles. Where the heterozygote is indistinguishable from one…
Inheritance of dwarfing in maize. Demonstrating the heights of plants from the two parent variations and their F1 heterozygous hybrid (centre)