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Definition of Dominance

1. Noun. Superior development of one side of the body.

2. Noun. The state that exists when one person or group has power over another. "Her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"

3. Noun. The organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not.

4. Noun. The power or right to give orders or make decisions. "A place of potency in the state"

Definition of Dominance

1. n. Predominance; ascendency; authority.

Definition of Dominance

1. Noun. The state of being dominant; of prime importance; supremacy. ¹

2. Noun. Being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others. ¹

3. Noun. The superior development or preference for one side of the body or of one of a pair of organs; such as being right-handed. ¹

4. Noun. The property of a gene such that it supresses the expression of its allele. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dominance

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dominance

1. The full phenotypic expression of a gene in both heterozygotes and homozygotes. Origin: L. Dominari = to govern This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dominance

domiciliates domiciliating domiciliation domiciliations domiciling domicils domiculture domier domiest domification

domifications domified domify domifying domina dominance dominance-subordination dominance hierarchy dominance measure dominance threshold number

dominances dominancies dominancy dominand dominant dominant character dominant eye dominant frequency dominant gene dominant hemisphere

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