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Recessive vs Codominance - What's the difference?

recessive | codominance |

As an adjective recessive

is .

As a noun 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.

recessive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Going back; receding.
  • (genetics) Able to be covered up by a dominant trait.

    • Antonyms

    * (genetics) dominant

    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