codominant

adj
/kəʊˈdɒmɪnənt/UK

Etymology

From co- + dominant.

  1. borrowed from dominant
  2. prefixed as codominant — “co + dominant

Definitions

  1. Equally dominant.

    • codominant species in a region
  2. Describing two or more alleles that are equally dominant.

    • A and B are ‘co-dominant’ versions of the same gene, O being the ‘recessive’ form of it.
  3. A species or organism that jointly dominates a region.

    • 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA