OVERDOMINANCE


Meaning of OVERDOMINANCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌō-vər-ˈdä-mə-nən(t)s, -ˈdäm-nən(t)s ]

noun

Date: 1947

: the condition wherein a heterozygote produces a phenotype more extreme or better adapted than that of the homozygote

• over·dom·i·nant -nənt adjective

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