overdominant

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ dominant

Adjective[edit]

overdominant (comparative more overdominant, superlative most overdominant)

  1. Excessively dominant.
    • 1991, Richard Evan Jones, Human Reproductive Biology, page 451:
      What would cause this reversal in a male's development? One possible answer could be that an overdominant mother is seductive to the child, and the father is weak and detached.
  2. (genetics) Exhibiting overdominance.

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