dominant gene

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dominant gene - gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical; "the dominant gene for brown eyes"

cistron, gene, factor - (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors"

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A team led by Glen Hartman, USDA Agricultural Research Scientist at the University of Illinois, has identified a single dominant gene that expresses soybean aphid resistance.

Genes fight aphids by Farm Journal

Because it is a single dominant gene with identified DNA markers, it can be readily introduced into susceptible varieties using marker-assisted selection.

Gene resistance to soybean aphids identified by Pro Farmer

The ability of siRNAs to knock down disease-causing proteins coded by dominant genes offers hope for new and effective treatment of diseases that other genetic engineering strategies--such as gene replacement therapy--can not address.

Silencing of mutant genes with RNAi by Eubanks, Mary W. / Environmental Health Perspectives

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