prepotency
noun pl. prepotencies
- superiority in power, force, or influence
- Biol. the greater capacity of one parent to transmit certain characteristics to offspring: a theory now rejected
See prepotency in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(prē-pōtˈn-sē)
noun- The condition of being greater in power, influence, or force than another or others; predominance.
- Genetics The ability of one parent, variety, or strain to transmit individual traits to an offspring, apparently to the exclusion of the other parent, variety, or strain.
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