prepotency

Genetic trait dominance

Prepotency is the quality of having superior power, influence, or genetic dominance.

In biology, a prepotent individual passes traits to offspring with unusual consistency, overriding the other parent's contribution: The stallion showed remarkable prepotency, stamping his foals with his distinctive conformation.

More broadly, prepotency suggests predominant force or authority that prevails over competing influences.

dominance

ascendancy

Dominant power or influence

predominanceSuperior influence or control
preeminenceSuperior status above others
supremacyHighest rank or power

primacy · hegemony · sovereignty · mastery · command · authority · control · sway · rule · imperium

influence

sway

Rock back and forth

leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
cloutInformal power or punch
pullForce toward oneself

weight · impact · ascendancy · hold · grip · persuasion · reach · effectiveness · compelling · overriding

genetics

dominant

Having superior influence

recessiveMasked unless paired identically
allelesVariant forms of genes
inheritanceProperty received from ancestors

phenotype · genotype · heterozygous · homozygous · Mendelian · monohybrid · crossbreeding · hybridization · penetrance · expressivity

potency

strength

Power to exert force

powerEnergy transfer rate
forceStrength or compulsion
vigorActive physical strength

might · intensity · effectiveness · capacity · capability · virility · fertility · stallion · sire · stud

Opposites

genetic dominance

prepotencyrecessiveness

Genetic trait requiring homozygosity

latency

power and influence

prepotencyimpotence

Lack of strength or power

powerlessness · weakness · inferiority · subordination · insignificance

Family

prepotent

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