dominant inheritance

inheritance /in·her·i·tance/ (in-her´ĭ-tans)

1. the acquisition of characters or qualities by transmission from parent to offspring.

2. that which is transmitted from parent to offspring.

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cytoplasmic inheritance  mitochondrial i.

dominant inheritance  see under gene.

extrachromosomal inheritance  mitochondrial i.

intermediate inheritance  inheritance in which the phenotype of the heterozygote falls between that of either homozygote.

maternal inheritance  mitochondrial i.

mitochondrial inheritance  the inheritance of traits controlled by genes on the DNA of mitochondria in the ooplasm; thus the genes are inherited entirely from the maternal side, segregate randomly at meiosis or mitosis, and are variably expressed.

recessive inheritance  see under gene.

sex-linked inheritance  see under gene.

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dominant inheritance

n.

Inheritance in which an allele produces the same phenotypic effect whether inherited with a homozygous or heterozygous allele.