DOMINANT ALLELE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dominant allele mean? 

• DOMINANT ALLELE (noun)
  The noun DOMINANT ALLELE has 1 sense:

1. an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different

  Familiarity information: DOMINANT ALLELE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOMINANT ALLELE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

dominant; dominant allele

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)