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  • Incomplete Dominance: Understanding Hybrid Phenotypes
    The term for the condition in which hybrid offspring exhibit a phenotype that is midway between dissimilar traits of parent organisms is incomplete dominance.

    Here's how it works:

    * Incomplete dominance occurs when neither allele for a trait is completely dominant over the other.

    * Instead of one allele completely masking the other, the resulting phenotype is a blend of the two parental traits.

    * A classic example is the flower color in snapdragons. If you cross a red snapdragon (RR) with a white snapdragon (WW), the offspring will be pink (RW).

    Let me know if you'd like more examples or want to delve deeper into genetics!

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