Definitions of dominant allele
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an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or differentsynonyms: dominanttype 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
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