Polar overdominance
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Polar overdominance is a unique form of inheritance (described in sheep) whereby a mutant Callipyge allele must be inherited from the father to cause muscle hypertrophy (big buttocks).
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- Polar overdominance at the ovine callipyge locus, National Center for Biotechnology Information, retrieved January 1, 2007
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