Medical Dictionary

pseudodominance

noun pseu·do·dom·i·nance \-ˈdäm-ə-ˌnən(t)s\

Medical Definition of PSEUDODOMINANCE

:  appearance of a recessive phenotype in a heterozygote containing the recessive gene on one chromosome and a deletion or only part of the dominant gene on the corresponding part of the homologous chromosome

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