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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overdominance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
over-dom-i-nance
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The case in which a heterozygote has a higher fitness or more extreme phenotype than either homozygote.

Uncountable

noun

Excessive dominance.

Uncountable

Etymology

From over- + dominance.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

overdominances (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

dominance

Questions

What does overdominance mean?
The case in which a heterozygote has a higher fitness or more extreme phenotype than either homozygote.
Where does overdominance come from?
From over- + dominance.

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