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Record 1 2003-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

Occultation of a gene or character by another gene or character which is allelomorphic to the first.

CONT

It has already been pointed out that dominance and recessivity are relative concepts, and that when a gene is said to be recessive in heterozygotes, the reason may be our inability to recognize an effect, rather than the total absence of an effect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Occultation d'un gène ou d'un caractère par un autre gène ou caractère, allélomorphe du premier.

CONT

Les difficultés de ces méthodes biométriques expliquent pourquoi il est si peu de maladies dont nous puissions affirmer qu'elles se transmettent héréditairement selon les lois de la récessivité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
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