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English > 1 sense of the expression *dominant gene*:
NOUN	body	dominant gene	gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical

English > *dominant gene*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical.
Example	"the dominant gene for brown eyes"
Broader	gene, cistron, factor	(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain