Article
The molecular basis of genetic dominance.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 1994
Wilkie A O
Abstract excerpt
Studies of mutagenesis in many organisms indicate that the majority (over 90%) of mutations are recessive to wild type. If recessiveness represents the 'default' state, what are the distinguishing features that make a minority of mutations give rise to dominant or semidominant characters? This re...
Topics
- Animals
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Dominant
- Genotype
- Humans
- Mutation
- Phenotype