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Definition of Overdominance
1. Noun. The state of a gene wherein a heterozygote has a higher risk of disease than either of its homozygote parents. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overdominance
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Overdominance
1. That state in which the heterozygote has greater phenotype value and perhaps is more fit than the homozygous state for either of the alleles that it comprises. Compare: balanced polymorphism. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdominance
Literary usage of Overdominance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"... only one exception) suggesting not only overdominance (or pseudo-overdominance)
but also that these detected QTLs play a significant role in heterosis. ..."
2. Educational Problems by Granville Stanley Hall (1911)
"Thus, the overdominance of able, noble, mature women upon callow, young men not
infrequently really results in a moral debacle later as a reaction. ..."
3. Mammalian Embryo Genomics by OECD Staff, Oecd, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (2003)
"... Nielsen DM, Georges, M. 1996. Polar overdominance at the ovine callipyge locus.
Science 273 :236-238. ..."
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