Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underdominance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-dom-i-nance
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Less than normal dominance

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Hybrids display additive, dominant, and nonadditive (over- and underdominance) modes of inheritance for transcription regulation [8 –10 ]."

Etymology

From under- + dominance.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does underdominance mean?: Less than normal dominance
Where does underdominance come from?: From under- + dominance.

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