| NOUN | body | dominant gene | gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical |
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| Meaning | gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical. | |
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| Example | "the dominant gene for brown eyes" | |
| Broader | gene, cistron, factor | (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain |
| Spanish | gen dominante | |
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