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Heterozygote vs Codominance - What's the difference?

heterozygote | codominance |

As nouns the difference between heterozygote and codominance

is that heterozygote is while codominance is (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.

heterozygote

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (genetics) A diploid individual that has different alleles at one or more genetic loci.
  • (biology) A bacteriophage that has two different copies of its genetic material and so produces two types of offspring.

    • Related terms

    * heterozygous

    codominance

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (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