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Principles of inheritance
Mendelian inheritance
Dominance
Co-dominance
Incomplete Dominance
Nuclear vs plastid inheritance
Nuclear vs plastid inheritance (contd)
Quantitative inheritance
Genotypic variation
Other forms of heritable variation
Quantitative variation and heritability
Novel sources of genetic variation
The practice of plant breeding
Breeding methods
Plant Breeders' rights
New technologies for plant breeding
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Dominance

At each gene in a diploid, there are two alleles, one inherited from the father, the other from the mother.
If these alleles are different from each other, the gene is heterozygous
If they are the same as each other, the gene is homozygous

Full dominance is where, In the heterozygote, only one allele (the dominant one) is expressed, while the other allele (the recessive one) is silent.