Definition of prepotency Prepotency
pre•po•ten•cy
We found 5 definitions of prepotency from 3 different sources.
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What does prepotency mean?
WordNet
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| prepotency - the state of being predominant over others | ||
| predominance, predomination | ||
| ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not | ||
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Wiktionary 
- prepotency (Noun)
The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance. - prepotency (Noun)
The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- prepotency (n.)
The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance. - prepotency (n.)
The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
