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dominant allele vs allelomorph

allelomorph vs dominant allele

dominant allele and allelomorph both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dominant allele Yes No No No
allelomorph Yes No No No
As nouns, allelomorph is a hypernym of dominant allele; that is, allelomorph is a word with a broader meaning than dominant allele:
  • dominant allele: an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
  • allelomorph: (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character
Other hypernyms of dominant allele include allele.
dominant allele (noun) allelomorph (noun)
an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character
Difference between dominant allele and allelomorph

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