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I read (on Wikipedia) that as well as dominant and recessive genes you can have co-dominant, over-dominant and under-dominant. Could someone kindly confirm that I understand what these terms are?

Co-dominance: both alleles contribute to the phenotype (and in incomplete codominance, you get a kind of dilution, e.g. skin colour)
Under-dominance: homozygosity dominant over heterozygosity
Over-dominance: heterozygosity dominante over homozygosity

Thanks (:
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Original post by Kinyonga
I read (on Wikipedia) that as well as dominant and recessive genes you can have co-dominant, over-dominant and under-dominant. Could someone kindly confirm that I understand what these terms are?

Co-dominance: both alleles contribute to the phenotype (and in incomplete codominance, you get a kind of dilution, e.g. skin colour)
Under-dominance: homozygosity dominant over heterozygosity
Over-dominance: heterozygosity dominante over homozygosity

Thanks (:


Correct :fluffy:

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