underdominance

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

under- +‎ dominance

Noun[edit]

underdominance (uncountable)

  1. Less than normal dominance
    • 2015 October 21, “Hybridization between Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout and Rainbow Trout Alters the Expression of Muscle Growth-Related Genes and Their Relationships with Growth Patterns”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Hybrids display additive, dominant, and nonadditive (over- and underdominance) modes of inheritance for transcription regulation [8 –10 ].