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What is dominate allele

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A pair of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the locus on a particular chromosome and that controls the same character.
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Dominance in genetics is a relationship between alleles of one gene, in which the effect on phenotype of one allele masks the contribution of a second allele at the same locus. The first allele is dominant and the second allele is recessive

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