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Codominance vs Overdominance - What's the difference?

codominance | overdominance |

As nouns the difference between codominance and overdominance

is that codominance is a condition in which both alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote are fully expressed, with neither one being dominant or recessive to the other while overdominance is the state of a gene wherein a heterozygote has a higher risk of disease than either of its homozygote parents.

codominance

English

Noun

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  • (genetics) A condition in which both alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote are fully expressed, with neither one being dominant or recessive to the other.

    • Related terms

    * codominant

    overdominance

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of a gene wherein a heterozygote has a higher risk of disease than either of its homozygote parents.

    • External links

    * ("overdominance" on Wikipedia)