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))
Vegetated Swale (Source: Portland BES) Vegetated swales are broad, shallow channels designed to convey and infiltrate stormwater runoff. The swales are vegetated along the bottom and sides of the channel, with side vegetation at a height greater than the maximum design stormwater volume.