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prepotency
[ pree-poht-n-see ]
noun
- the ability of one parent to impress its hereditary characters on its progeny because it possesses more homozygous, dominant, or epistatic genes.
prepotency
/ ɪˈəʊəԲɪ /
noun
- the state or condition of being prepotent
- genetics the ability of one parent to transmit more characteristics to its offspring than the other parent
- botany the ability of pollen from one source to bring about fertilization more readily than that from other sources
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of prepotency1
Example Sentences
The hierarchy is not arranged from least noble to most noble, but instead is a hierarchy of prepotency.
The chromosomes transmit the physical bases of heredity from one generation to the next, and the heritages from the two parents are equal except in cases of prepotency.
In artificial conditions, this in-breeding often results in the development of what is called prepotency.
Can you doubt, after duly considering the facts of prepotency on the one hand and those of Jordan's physiological varieties on the other, that cross-infertility does arise before or during the specific differentiation?
Another case showing the strong prepotency of the Manx cat.
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