The dominant allele is expressed and the recessive allele is masked. This is an example of complete dominance. In heterozygous relationships where neither allele is dominant but both are completely expressed, the alleles are considered to be co-dominant. Co-dominance is exemplified in AB blood type inheritance.
Meaning: A low area (especially a marshy area between ridges) Classified under: Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made) Hypernyms (swale is a kind of...): trough (a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed))
hackle. 1  Any of the long, slender, often glossy feathers on the neck of a bird, especially a male fowl. 2  hackles The erectile hairs along the back of the neck of an animal, especially of a dog. 3  A feather, usually from the neck of a chicken, used in trimming a fishing fly.