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What is Incomplete dominance ? Give an example .

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It is inheritance in which one allele is not completely dominant over the other because of which an intermediate character is produced
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It is the expression of intermediate character in the offspring obtained by a cross between two pure breeding varieties differing in a pair of contrasting characters.
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The appearance of an intermediate phenotype in `F_1` hybrid that does not resemble the phenotype of either of the two parents and is in between the two.
Ex : Inheritance of flower colour in dog flower (Snapdragon / Antirrhinum).
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Starch grain size condisered as phenotype in pea seeds of intermediate size.
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