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overdominance

overdominance noun: the case in which a heterozygote has a higher fitness or more extreme phenotype than either homozygote.

Noun

overdominance (usually uncountable, plural overdominances)

  1. (usually) The case in which a heterozygote has a higher fitness or more extreme phenotype than either homozygote.
  2. (usually) Excessive dominance.

overdominance meaning in Tamil

overdominance in Tamil

மேலாட்சி, பேராளுமை

Forms of overdominance

pluraloverdominances

Origin of overdominance

From over- + dominance.

Questions about overdominance

What does overdominance mean?
Overdominance means the case in which a heterozygote has a higher fitness or more extreme phenotype than either homozygote.
What is overdominance in Tamil?
Overdominance in Tamil is மேலாட்சி, பேராளுமை. See Overdominance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is overdominance?
Overdominance is a noun.
What is the plural of overdominance?
The plural of overdominance is overdominances.

Words near overdominance in the dictionary

  1. overdomesticate
  2. overdomesticated
  3. overdomesticates
  4. overdomesticating
  5. overdomestication
  6. overdominance
  7. overdominant
  8. overdominantly
  9. overdominate
  10. overdominated
  11. overdominates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overdominance (page history and authors); overdominance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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