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underdominance

underdominance noun: less than normal dominance.

Noun

underdominance (uncountable)

  1. Less than normal dominance
    • Hybrids display additive, dominant, and nonadditive (over- and underdominance) modes of inheritance for transcription regulation [8 –10 ].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...

Origin of underdominance

From under- + dominance.

Questions about underdominance

What does underdominance mean?
Underdominance means less than normal dominance.
What part of speech is underdominance?
Underdominance is a noun.

Words near underdominance in the dictionary

  1. underdoggism
  2. underdoggy
  3. underdogism
  4. underdogs
  5. underdoing
  6. underdominance
  7. underdominant
  8. underdone
  9. underdope
  10. underdoped
  11. underdopes

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