Overdominance
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Overdominance is a noun meaning (genetics) The case in which a heterozygote has a higher fitness or more extreme phenotype than either homozygote.
Meaning
(genetics) The case in which a heterozygote has a higher fitness or more extreme phenotype than either homozygote.
More Meanings
- Excessive dominance.
Word Forms
- overdominances
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dominance, transdominance, quasidominance, pseudodominance, heterozygosity, hyperdominance.
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