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.
swale (plural swales) 1  A low tract of moist or marshy land. 2  A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline. 3  A shallow troughlike depression that's created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.
As nouns the difference between ditch and swale is that ditch is or ditch can be a trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage while swale is a low tract of moist or marshy land or swale can be (uk|dialect) a gutter in a candle.