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prepotency
[ pree-poht-n-see ]
noun
, Genetics.
- the ability of one parent to impress its hereditary characters on its progeny because it possesses more homozygous, dominant, or epistatic genes.
prepotency
/ prɪˈpəʊtənsɪ /
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
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Example Sentences
This has also been enforced by statements as to the prepotency of certain pollen of identical species, but of distinct races.
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There is no factor in breeding of more importance than prepotency, and none which is more difficult to estimate.
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We have now to consider the bearing of what is called "prepotency" on the theory of physiological selection.
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Thus, we necessarily select the only trait really worth while; that is prepotency or the ability to beget desirable qualities.
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But this epoch of Ghibelline prepotency in Tuscany was brief.
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