ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Codominant

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /kəʊˈdɒmɪnənt/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Codominant is an adjective meaning Equally dominant.

Meaning

Equally dominant.

More Meanings

  1. (genetics) Describing two or more alleles that are equally dominant.
  2. A species or organism that jointly dominates a region.

Example Sentences

codominant species in a region
A and B are ‘co-dominant’ versions of the same gene, O being the ‘recessive’ form of it.
Landowners cannot afford to cut submerchantable trees, yet many hesitate to cut merchantable dominants and codominants at the risk of downgrading the residual stand.

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Related dictionary entries include co-dominant, codominated, equicorrelated, equidifferent, equiconsistent, equipollent.

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