overdominance

noun

Etymology

From over- + dominance.

Definitions

  1. The case in which a heterozygote has a higher fitness or more extreme phenotype than…

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

  2. Excessive dominance.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overdominance. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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