PREPOTENCY


Meaning of PREPOTENCY in English

-nsē, -si noun

Etymology: Latin praepotentia, from praepotent-, praepotens + -ia -y

1. : the quality or state of being prepotent : predominance

not a policy of self-defence but of prepotency and imperialism — Times Literary Supplement

2. : the ability of one individual or strain to transmit its characters to offspring to a greater extent than the other parent individual or strain because of an accumulation of homozygous dominant genes

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